The Penalver surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 629 people carried this name — #35,721 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 29% from 489 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Penalver surname
Borrowed from Spanish Peñalver. This surname is mostly found in Cuba.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Penalver» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,312 people named Penalver live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 141 people named Penalver.
68 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Penalver in American newspapers,
1915–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 633 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Penalver,
with a public archive behind them.
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Diego Penalver 1776–1830
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Diego Penalver 1778–1830
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Mariano Penalver 1930–2005 · university teacher
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Sean Penalver 1996– · athletics competitor
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Penalver.
- Pelotte 242 · U.S. census
- Peltier 7,140 · U.S. census
- Peluso 3,712 · U.S. census
- Pelzer 2,183 · U.S. census
- Pen 1,438 · U.S. census
- Penalba 180 · U.S. census
- Penaranda 1,181 · U.S. census
- Penas 373 · U.S. census
- Pendino 161 · U.S. census
- Pene 334 · U.S. census
- Peng 10,575 · U.S. census
- Penn 19,409 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Penalver is.
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