Pénault Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Belgium

Pénault Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pénault Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France31:22,140,907385,998
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Penault (766) are calculated separately.

Pénault Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pénault occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Penault. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pénault? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,593,402nd most frequent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Pénault live; 83 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Pénault is most numerous in France, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 22,140,907. In France Pénault is most common in: Île-de-France, where 100 percent live. Outside of France this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 17 percent live and Canada, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Penault95766/
Pinault864,608/
Pénat831/
Pineault803,380/
Pingault80644/
Painault80138/
Pignault80136/
Pinauldt8024/
Pesnault804/
Peneault803/
Paynault801/
Pinaut7799/
Péneau7753/
Ponalt7714/
Pénaud776/
Penaut775/
Pénale771/
Pinaul771/
Penalt771/
Peignault75105/
Paingault7570/
Poignault7525/
Pieneault751/
Péna738/
Penalte7148/
Pignaut7131/
Penhaul7116/
Péneaud712/
Peneaut712/
Painaut712/
Penauld711/
Pineaul711/
Pignaul711/
Pineaut711/
Poinaut710/
Pinal674,554/
Pinat672,288/
Pinau67389/
Penau67155/
Penat67136/
Pynul67128/
Poynauth67121/
Penal67118/
Pinul6743/
Peignaut6725/
Pinut6725/
Penut6724/
Pénot6715/
Phetnaul675/
Penul673/
Pynat672/
Peunnaul671/
Poignaut670/

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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 Pénault
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