Peñate Surname

21,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25,256 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
El Salvador
Highest density in:
El Salvador

Peñate Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peñate Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
El Salvador6,2111:1,021202
Colombia5,9961:7,968959
Mexico5,4351:22,8381,665
Cuba3,1111:3,704476
Spain2,0591:22,7062,439
Guatemala1,9091:8,425985
Venezuela3401:88,8363,426
Argentina701:610,62043,172
Panama411:95,4213,699
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Nicaragua161:376,3183,295
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Ecuador91:1,767,31620,027
Costa Rica71:682,8675,051
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
England31:18,572,686338,250
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

The alternate forms: Penate (2,131) & Peńate (1) are calculated separately.

Peñate Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Peñate Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Peñate is found most frequently in El Salvador. It can occur as: Penate or Peńate. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peñate? popularity and diffusion

It is the 21,570th most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 288,547 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Peñate reside; 32 percent reside in Central America and 32 percent reside in Hispano-Central America.

The last name Peñate is most frequently used in El Salvador, where it is held by 6,211 people, or 1 in 1,021. In El Salvador it is mostly concentrated in: Santa Ana Department, where 28 percent live, San Salvador Department, where 20 percent live and Ahuachapán Department, where 19 percent live. Besides El Salvador this surname is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 24 percent live and Mexico, where 22 percent live.

Peñate Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Peñate has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Peñate surname expanded 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Peñate Last Name Statistics demography

Peñate earn notably less less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 25.04% less than the national average, earning $17,018,100 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Penate942,131/
Peńate941/
Peñates92975/
Peñatez9211/
Peñata833,178/
Poñate8371/
Pañate836/
Peñete835/
Peñote833/
Peinate77148/
Piñates77106/
Penater7736/
Penates7716/
Petnate778/
Penatte776/
Peenate774/
Peniate773/
Piñatez773/
Penatez773/
Piñater772/
Peneate771/
Pyneate771/
Piñatte771/
Penat73136/
Piñat731/
Peñad731/
Phetnate712/
Penati673,243/
Pinate67827/
Pinete67381/
Penote67329/
Penata67103/
Panete6797/
Panate6752/
Pengat6729/
Penaat6727/
Penath6726/
Penete6721/
Piñats6720/
Panote6716/
Ponate6710/
Penite676/
Penaut675/
Piñote673/
Penatt672/
Piñete672/
Ponete671/
Penhat671/
Pienat671/
Piñati671/
Piñáte671/
Peñota671/
Petnat671/

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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
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  • 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 Peñate
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