Peñ Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Peñ Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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.
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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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