Pienaar Surname

13,554th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41,178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Pienaar Surname Definition:

(Originally “Pinard”) “Wealthy Person” in Old French.

Pienaar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa38,3551:1,413159
Namibia9271:2,599416
England3661:152,23514,507
Australia3551:76,0448,891
Saudi Arabia3181:97,03114,320
United States1691:2,144,727135,635
New Zealand1621:27,9534,881
Swaziland1521:8,541460
Canada531:695,20056,020
Botswana391:56,07510,323
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
Thailand351:2,018,238239,646
Mozambique251:1,090,4631,880
Qatar251:94,32010,875
Zimbabwe211:735,15452,165
Scotland151:356,92115,763
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Oman51:737,5946,889
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Wales41:773,63329,106
Zambia41:3,962,48038,524
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
Laos41:1,647,081888
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
France31:22,140,907385,998
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Belize11:355,4743,977
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294

Pienaar (364) may also be a first name.

Pienaar Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Originally “Pinard”) “Wealthy Person” in Old French.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Pienaar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pienaar (Arabic: بينار) occurs most in South Africa. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Pienaar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pienaar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 13,554th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 176,977 people. The surname Pienaar occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Pienaar live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 456,229th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 364 people.

The surname Pienaar is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 38,355 people, or 1 in 1,413. In South Africa Pienaar is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 30 percent reside, Western Cape, where 23 percent reside and Free State, where 8 percent reside. Outside of South Africa this surname exists in 74 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 2 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Pienaar Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Pienaar are 3.02% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.25% registered with the party.

The amount Pienaar earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.94% more than the national average, earning R 382,452 per year; in United States they earn 2.48% more than the national average, earning $44,219 USD per year and in Canada they earn 49.79% more than the national average, earning $74,422 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Piennaar934/
Pieanaar932/
Pienaarr931/
Pienar9292/
Pinaar9210/
Penaar921/
Poienar86397/
Pinahar8620/
Piennar864/
Pienarr864/
Peinaar863/
Piengar861/
Pieañar861/
Pinaare861/
Pinar834,352/
Penar831,468/
Piyengar801/
Penahart801/
Pinard7711,262/
Poenar771,307/
Penard771,238/
Pinart77385/
Peañar77338/
Pignar77205/
Poinar77171/
Piynar77128/
Pingar77112/
Penart7797/
Pinare7759/
Peinar7741/
Penhar7737/
Pinear7734/
Penare7730/
Pengar7723/
Peanar7717/
Pinhar7716/
Pinajr777/
Pisnar775/
Painar775/
Penear773/
Phenar773/
Pinair772/
Peenar772/
Pegnar772/
Puinar771/
Penajr771/
Pejnar771/
Pitnar771/
Pignard711,817/
Poinard71572/
Pinaire71350/
Penhard71117/
Pajenar7156/
Pinhard7144/
Penhart7119/
Pignart7119/
Pinhart7117/
Phingar7114/
Peynard7114/
Pignare7114/
Poinart7113/
Petnard7112/
Pajinar718/
Punahar715/
Poingar715/
Peneard714/
Pettnar713/
Penhare712/
Paisnar712/
Phenard712/
Phetnar712/
Pinaurd711/
Painard711/
Painhar711/
Piinard711/
Peinard711/
Peenart711/
Penaire710/
Peannar710/
Pittnar710/
Poinear710/
Pınar6725,399/
Punar671,850/
Piñar67601/
Poignard67470/
Penor67409/
Pinor67198/
Pignarre67196/
Peignard67187/
Peñar6777/
Peignart6747/
Peinhart6740/
Punnahar6723/
Pouenard6720/
Poignart6719/
Piyanart6713/
Painhart6712/
Phetnart679/
Pinarova676/
Penhardt673/
Penharth673/
Pynar673/
Pinhardt671/
Payinard671/
Piengour671/
Pejangar671/
Puignard671/

Pienaar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pienaar in the Arabic language
بينارbynar-

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