Peñin Surname

533,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 605 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Peñin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peñin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain4781:97,8088,061
Argentina1051:407,08031,114
Peru131:2,444,93327,186
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Penin (4,288), Peñín (20), Penín (20) & Pénin (5) are calculated separately.

Peñin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Peñin is borne by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Penin, Peñín, Penín or Pénin. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peñin? popularity and diffusion

It is the 533,524th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,045,530 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Peñin are found; 79 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 79 percent are found in Iberian Europe.

Peñin is most frequently held in Spain, where it is held by 478 people, or 1 in 97,808. In Spain it is most numerous in: Castile and León, where 49 percent reside, Madrid, where 16 percent reside and Catalonia, where 11 percent reside. Besides Spain Peñin exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 17 percent reside and Peru, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Penin934,288/
Peñín9320/
Peñion913/
Penín8720/
Pénin875/
Piñin801,508/
Peñim801/
Penina732,008/
Pening731,087/
Penion73302/
Petnin73126/
Penjin73100/
Peinen7395/
Penyin7350/
Paenin7348/
Pengin7345/
Pesnin7340/
Penijn7314/
Phenin7312/
Peynin7311/
Piñion736/
Peunin736/
Pegnin733/
Peanin733/
Pfenin731/
Penink731/
Pienin731/
Peñean731/
Penien731/
Pejnin731/
Peenin731/
Phetnin67291/
Pfening67263/
Peignin6750/
Peignen6744/
Penincq6713/
Pethnin679/
Peining679/
Phengin675/
Peingen675/
Phenina672/
Petnjin671/
Penjien671/
Peninne671/
Peatnin671/
Peanhin671/
Phenhin671/
Penjain671/
Phenien670/
Peanion670/
Peening670/
Penihen670/
Phening670/

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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 Peñin
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