Peñalo Surname
Approximately 1,486 people bear this surname
Peñalo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominican Republic | 1,425 | 1:7,321 | 660 |
| Spain | 49 | 1:954,123 | 36,393 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Penalo (561), Peñaló (48) & Penaló (1) are calculated separately.
Peñalo (19) may also be a first name.
Peñalo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peñalo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Peñalo occurs more in The Dominican Republic more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Penalo, Peñaló or Penaló. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Peñalo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 263,596th most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,904,136 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Peñalo are found; 96 percent are found in Caribbean and 96 percent are found in Hispano-Caribbean. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently held first name globally, held by 19 people.
This surname is most frequent in The Dominican Republic, where it is borne by 1,425 people, or 1 in 7,321. Apart from The Dominican Republic it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 3 percent reside and Venezuela, where 0 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 Peñalo
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