Santa Peña Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Dominican Republic
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

Santa Peña Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Santa Peña Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Colombia131:3,674,92915,922

The alternate forms: Santa Pena (4) are calculated separately.

Santa Peña Last Name Facts

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

Santa Peña occurs more in The Dominican Republic more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Santa Pena. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Santa Peña? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,274,477th most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Santa Peña reside; 64 percent reside in Caribbean and 64 percent reside in Hispano-Caribbean.

The surname Santa Peña is most widespread in The Dominican Republic, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 453,606. Besides The Dominican Republic it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Colombia, where 36 percent are found.

Santa Peña Last Name Statistics demography

Santa Peña earn a lot less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 41.5% less than the national average, earning $13,280,200 COP per year.

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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 Santa Peña
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