Peñaroya Surname
Approximately 280 people bear this surname
Peñaroya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 278 | 1:364,166 | 48,338 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
The alternate forms: Penaroya (12) are calculated separately.
Peñaroya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peñaroya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Peñaroya has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It may also be rendered as: Penaroya. Click here for further potential spellings of Peñaroya.
How Common Is The Last Name Peñaroya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Peñaroya is the 937,786th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 26,026,950 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Peñaroya reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 99 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The surname is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is carried by 278 people, or 1 in 364,166. In The Philippines Peñaroya is most frequent in: Central Visayas, where 26 percent reside, Davao Region, where 22 percent reside and Northern Mindanao, where 22 percent reside. Not including The Philippines this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Spain, where 1 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 Peñaroya
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