Peño Surname

666,162nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 450 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Peño Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peño Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain3791:123,3569,548
Philippines641:1,581,847107,292
Colombia51:9,554,81425,159
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Panama11:3,912,25817,195

Peño Last Name Facts

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

The last name Peño occurs more in Spain more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peño? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 666,162nd most widespread last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,194,546 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 84 percent of Peño live; 84 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 84 percent live in Iberian Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Spain, where it is borne by 379 people, or 1 in 123,356. In Spain it is primarily found in: Madrid, where 44 percent live, Castilla-La Mancha, where 41 percent live and Valencian Community, where 11 percent live. Barring Spain this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 14 percent live and Colombia, where 1 percent live.

Peño Last Name Statistics demography

Peño earn somewhat more than the average income. In Colombia they earn 14.36% more than the national average, earning $25,962,600 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peñio895/
Peuño891/
Peña751,054,945/
Peuno671/
Peunou607/
Peugno601/
Peugnou551/
Peungoo551/
Peungnoy507/
Peungnoo504/
Peungnoi502/

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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 Peño
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