Piental Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Piental Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piental Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1151:1,540,37258,295
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
England11:55,718,059489,080

Piental Last Name Facts

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

The last name Piental occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Piental? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,589,322nd most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Piental reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 115 people, or 1 in 1,540,372. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 97 percent are found and Benue, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent are found and Poland, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pintal921,342/
Pental92347/
Paintal86274/
Pointal8624/
Pintale8618/
Pentall8615/
Pentale864/
Pintail863/
Pyental861/
Pinthal861/
Pintault80218/
Pinthale8071/
Pendthal803/
Pentalle801/
Penthall800/
Paintall800/
Pintol77224/
Pentol7781/
Pyntal7719/
Piętal775/
Penthol7193/
Paintol7131/
Pheunthale714/
Pintoll711/
Pintole711/
Piintold671/
Poggentohl591/
Pauntol571/

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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 Piental
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