Penata

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Penata is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Colombia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • COColombia≈1 in 34K(inferred from the name graph)
  • VEVenezuela≈1 in 650K
  • PAPanama≈1 in 3.5M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Colombia (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,400 people, est.

Sources
28 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 34K (inferred from the name graph)

Colombia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Peñata in CO Colombia, VE Venezuela, BR Brazil and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Penata counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Penata is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CO Colombia≈1,400 est.≈1 in 34K—Peñata28
VE Venezuela≈44 est.≈1 in 650K—Peñata5
BR Brazil≈38 est.≈1 in 5.5M—Peñata2
ES Spain81 in 6.3M8Peñata3
US United States≈5 est.≈1 in 74M—Penata7
PA Panama≈1 est.≈1 in 3.5M—Peñata4

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Penata is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Peñata

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Peñata

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Peñata

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Peñata

14 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Penata is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Italian, feminine singular of penato

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Indonesian, arranger, organizer

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Penata under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Penata have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 thousand people named Penata in Colombia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled peñata.
How common is the name Penata?
In Spain, the national register counted 8 people named Penata, about 1 in 6.3 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Penata”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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