# Penaranda (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/penaranda/  
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) | 1,181 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,972 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 261,427 people |
| Change since 2000 | +50% (789 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicization of Spanish Peñaranda, common Filipino and Hispanic surname

## Who carries it

Share of people named Penaranda 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) | 7.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 73% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 18% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Penaranda in Bolivia.

## People named Penaranda

- Luis Reyes Peñaranda, Bolivian footballer

## Similar surnames

Pomerantz.

## 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.
