Peños Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Peños Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peños Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain591:792,40732,853
Philippines391:2,595,852132,893
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230

The alternate forms: Penos (287) are calculated separately.

Peños Last Name Facts

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

The surname Peños is borne by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Penos. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peños? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,860,621st most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Peños live; 60 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 60 percent live in Iberian Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in Spain, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 792,407. In Spain it is most frequent in: Castile and León, where 58 percent live, Asturias, where 12 percent live and Basque Country, where 10 percent live. Besides Spain this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 39 percent live and Colombia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Penos93287/
Pieños914/
Pheños911/
Peñayos8317/
Piños809/
Peñoz801/
Peaño801/
Peuño801/
Peñus801/
Penhos73197/
Pengos7351/
Phenos7312/
Penjos7310/
Penoes739/
Pehnos736/
Penios735/
Penose734/
Penous733/
Petnos731/
Piñeos731/
Peañas731/
Penois730/
Penyos730/
Peno672,188/
Piño67385/
Peñá677/
Penaios674/
Penayos674/
Penajos672/
Peñà672/
Penuose672/
Pesnojs671/
Penouse671/
Penhous670/

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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 Peños
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