Peñ Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Panama

Peñ Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peñ Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Pen (22,184) are calculated separately.

Peñ Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Peñ Come From? nationality or country of origin

Peñ occurs in Colombia more than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Pen. Click here for further potential spellings of Peñ.

How Common Is The Last Name Peñ? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,723,624th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Peñ occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Peñ reside; 50 percent reside in South America and 25 percent reside in Caribbean South America.

This surname is most common in Colombia, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 23,887,036. Excluding Colombia Peñ is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 13 percent reside and Ecuador, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pen8922,184/
Peñe8610/
Peñá867/
Peañ861/
Pieñ861/
Peñǻ861/
Peñä861/
Peñez75256/
Peñes7514/
Peñer758/
Peñiz754/
Peñet754/
Peñis753/
Peñaa753/
Peñea751/
Peñed751/
Pem677,068/
Pne6714/
Piñ672/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Peñ
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