# Pena (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pena/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 130,776 |
| US rank (2010) | 227 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,361 people |
| Change since 2000 | +33% (98,345 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Peña.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pena in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 5.3% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 93% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pena in the United States, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Mexico.

## People named Pena

- Santiago Peña, 52th President of Paraguay (2023–2026)
- Afonso Pena, 6th president of Brazil
- Elizabeth Peña, American actress (1959–2014)
- Carlos PenaVega, American film and TV actor, singer-songwriter, dancer and television show host
- Juan Manuel Peña, Bolivian footballer
- Álvaro Peña, Bolivian footballer
- Florencia Peña, Argentine actress
- Julianna Peña, American mixed martial artist (born 1989)
- Paul Pena, American musician (1950-2005)
- Jennifer Peña, American singer
- Alcides Peña, Bolivian footballer
- Ramiro Peña, baseball player

and 4 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Pina, Penn, Penny, Penney, Penna, Pen, Payne, Pham, Phan, Pan, Pino, Paine.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.