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
Peñales occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Penales. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Peñales? popularity and diffusion
Peñales is the 414,183rd most widespread last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 8,665,334 people. The surname Peñales occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Peñales reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 98 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.
It is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is borne by 821 people, or 1 in 123,311. In The Philippines Peñales is primarily found in: Bicol, where 41 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 13 percent reside and Calabarzon, where 13 percent reside. Other than The Philippines this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 2 percent reside and Colombia, where 0 percent reside.
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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