Peñil Surname

1,140,742nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 211 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Peñil Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peñil Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain2091:223,69414,857
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Penil (21) are calculated separately.

Peñil Last Name Facts

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

Peñil (Marathi: पेनल) is found most in Spain. It may be rendered as: Penil. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Peñil? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,140,742nd most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 34,538,132 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Peñil reside; 99 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 99 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

The last name Peñil is most commonly used in Spain, where it is carried by 209 people, or 1 in 223,694. In Spain Peñil is most prevalent in: Cantabria, where 62 percent reside, Asturias, where 18 percent reside and Madrid, where 11 percent reside. Other than Spain this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 0 percent reside and Denmark, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Penil9321/
Peinl8065/
Peniel731,221/
Phenil7389/
Petnil7364/
Penill7350/
Peinel7345/
Peniol7330/
Pengil7325/
Pañiel7310/
Peñuel731/
Pegnil730/
Peinelt67665/
Phetnil67128/
Pengiel6757/
Peniele679/
Peinell677/
Pethnil672/
Pheniel672/
Peinael671/
Pengill671/
Peeniel671/
Penhail670/

Peñil Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Peñil in the Marathi language
पेनलpenala-

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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 Peñil
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