Peñá Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Peñá Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
The alternate forms: Peñà (2), Péñá (1), Peñǻ (1), Peñä (1), Pena (223,598), Peńa (33), Pèña (8), Péña (3), Penã (2), Pêña (1) & Péna (8) are calculated separately.
Peñá Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Peñá Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Peñá has its highest incidence in Venezuela. It can appear as: Peñà, Péñá, Peñǻ, Peñä, Pena, Peńa, Pèña, Péña, Penã, Pêña or Péna. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Peñá? popularity and diffusion
The last name Peñá is the 7,117,718th most frequently used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Peñá reside; 71 percent reside in South America and 71 percent reside in Caribbean South America.
The surname Peñá is most frequently held in Venezuela, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 10,068,026. In Venezuela it is most frequent in: Zulia, where 67 percent are found and Bolívar, where 33 percent are found. Excluding Venezuela Peñá exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 29 percent are found and The Dominican Republic, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peñà | 92 | 2 | / |
| Péñá | 92 | 1 | / |
| Peñǻ | 92 | 1 | / |
| Peñä | 92 | 1 | / |
| Peñ | 86 | 8 | / |
| Pena | 83 | 223,598 | / |
| Peńa | 83 | 33 | / |
| Pèña | 83 | 8 | / |
| Péña | 83 | 3 | / |
| Penã | 83 | 2 | / |
| Pêña | 83 | 1 | / |
| Peñe | 75 | 10 | / |
| Péna | 75 | 8 | / |
| Piñá | 75 | 3 | / |
| Peañ | 75 | 1 | / |
| Peñez | 67 | 256 | / |
| Peños | 67 | 99 | / |
| Peñes | 67 | 14 | / |
| Peñaz | 67 | 8 | / |
| Peñer | 67 | 8 | / |
| Peñet | 67 | 4 | / |
| Peñiz | 67 | 4 | / |
| Peñis | 67 | 3 | / |
| Peñaa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Peñia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Petná | 67 | 2 | / |
| Poeña | 67 | 2 | / |
| Peñoz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peñea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Penhá | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peaño | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peuño | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peñed | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peñaç | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peñad | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Peñá
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