Peñas Surname
Approximately 12,823 people bear this surname
Peñas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 7,284 | 1:13,899 | 1,485 |
| Spain | 4,362 | 1:10,718 | 1,249 |
| Argentina | 300 | 1:142,478 | 12,055 |
| Colombia | 284 | 1:168,219 | 4,585 |
| Bolivia | 196 | 1:54,165 | 2,842 |
| Mexico | 104 | 1:1,193,521 | 14,459 |
| Nicaragua | 88 | 1:68,421 | 1,626 |
| Venezuela | 50 | 1:604,082 | 10,803 |
| Chile | 38 | 1:463,591 | 12,075 |
| Costa Rica | 38 | 1:125,791 | 1,936 |
| Peru | 27 | 1:1,177,190 | 20,369 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| El Salvador | 9 | 1:704,876 | 3,399 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Paraguay | 5 | 1:1,447,349 | 11,454 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
The alternate forms: Penas (3,564), Peňas (26) & Peňás (34) are calculated separately.
Peñas Demographics
Average Male Peñas Height
173.51 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Peñas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peñas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Peñas is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Penas, Peňas or Peňás. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Peñas? popularity and diffusion
The surname Peñas is the 40,820th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 568,318 people. The surname Peñas is primarily found in Asia, where 57 percent of Peñas live; 57 percent live in Southeast Asia and 56 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The surname is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 7,284 people, or 1 in 13,899. In The Philippines it is most common in: Central Visayas, where 21 percent live, Western Visayas, where 16 percent live and Bicol, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account The Philippines this surname occurs in 29 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 34 percent live and Argentina, where 2 percent live.
Peñas Last Name Statistics demography
Peñas earn somewhat less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 8.88% less than the national average, earning $20,687,000 COP per year.
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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 Peñas
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