Peñales Surname
Approximately 841 people bear this surname
Peñales Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 821 | 1:123,311 | 21,199 |
| Argentina | 19 | 1:2,249,653 | 107,269 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
The alternate forms: Penales (4,301) are calculated separately.
Peñales Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peñales Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Peñales is found most frequently in The Philippines. It can also appear in the variant forms: Penales. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peñales? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 414,183rd most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,665,334 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Peñales reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 98 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The last name Peñales is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 821 people, or 1 in 123,311. In The Philippines Peñales is most prevalent in: Bicol, where 41 percent live, National Capital Region, where 13 percent live and Calabarzon, where 13 percent live. Beside The Philippines Peñales is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 2 percent live and Colombia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penales | 95 | 4,301 | / |
| Peñiales | 93 | 3 | / |
| Peñoles | 86 | 10 | / |
| Piñales | 86 | 9 | / |
| Peñalis | 86 | 5 | / |
| Peñalez | 86 | 2 | / |
| Peñaler | 86 | 1 | / |
| Peinales | 80 | 1 | / |
| Penale | 77 | 252 | / |
| Peñala | 77 | 95 | / |
| Pinales | 71 | 16,661 | / |
| Penhale | 71 | 805 | / |
| Panales | 71 | 525 | / |
| Poneles | 71 | 116 | / |
| Pineles | 71 | 99 | / |
| Penalis | 71 | 52 | / |
| Piñeles | 71 | 30 | / |
| Ponales | 71 | 6 | / |
| Pengale | 71 | 4 | / |
| Paneles | 71 | 3 | / |
| Penaled | 71 | 2 | / |
| Peñaloa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Penalez | 71 | 2 | / |
| Penaley | 71 | 1 | / |
| Piñalez | 71 | 1 | / |
| Penalie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Penalei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Panoles | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pañalez | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ponelies | 67 | 22 | / |
| Pineless | 67 | 16 | / |
| Penholes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paneless | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pinaless | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pinaales | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peengale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Penhalls | 67 | 0 | / |
| Penheale | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Peñales
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