The Penas surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 336 people carried this name — #56,826 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 94 people named Penas.
38 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Hérault.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
57 people named Penas live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Penas.
- Peluso 3,765 · U.S. census
- Pelzer 2,083 · U.S. census
- Pen 1,079 · U.S. census
- Penalba 154 · U.S. census
- Penalver 489 · U.S. census
- Penaranda 789 · U.S. census
- Pendino 166 · U.S. census
- Pene 289 · U.S. census
- Peng 6,460 · U.S. census
- Penn 18,601 · U.S. census
- Penna 2,366 · U.S. census
- Penne 291 · U.S. census
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