Peña y Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Dominican Republic
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

Peña y Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peña y Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Dominican Republic851:122,7405,063
Mexico141:8,866,15837,743
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

Peña y Last Name Facts

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

The last name Peña y has its highest incidence in The Dominican Republic. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peña y? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,020,555th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 117 percent of Peña y live; 99 percent live in Caribbean and 99 percent live in Hispano-Caribbean.

This last name is most prevalent in The Dominican Republic, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 122,740. Barring The Dominican Republic it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 16 percent reside and El Salvador, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peñayo839/
Piña Y837/
Peña I832/
Peña801,054,945/
Penay7383/
Peany7330/
Peaña735/
Pan Y734/
Peñña734/
Peñ A734/
Peñna733/
Peñaa733/
Peñia732/
Poeña732/
Pueña731/
Peñea731/
Piñay731/
Penña731/
Penayo6713,627/
Pennay67380/
Penaye6778/
Peaney6737/
Penway6728/
Penhay6715/
Penaya6713/
Penuay6710/
Peñ678/
Pan Oy675/
Piña A674/
Peanyi674/
Pan Ya673/
Peayne673/
Peenay672/
Peanyo671/
Pan Yu671/
Peayen671/
Pienay671/
Paneay671/
Pan Yi671/
Piñaya671/
Peon Y671/
Pena A671/
Penayi671/

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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
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  • 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 Peña y
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