Finland Genealogical Records
Finland Birth & Baptism Records
An index to close to 4.8 million birth and baptism records, listing parents' names.
Finland Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to over 600,000 marriage records, including date and place of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.
Finland Death & Burial Records
A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.
An index of around 100,000 burial records. The index may include names of relatives and details of the death.
Newspapers Covering Finland
An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.
An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.
An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.
Finland Immigration & Travel Records
Abstracts of details found in passenger lists, passport records, correspondence and seaman records, which may list name, age, gender, birthplace, occupation, residence, destination, emigration date and more. Most passengers were traveling to North America.
Finland Directories & Gazetteers
A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.
Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.
Finland Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Finland Histories & Books
Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.
Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.
Finland Occupation & Business Records
A database of cricket scores and players.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Finland
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.
Finland Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
Finland Maps
An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.
Finland Reference Works
A reference dictionary of Nordic names and details on their history.
Historical Description
The Republic of Finland has an area of 145,588 square miles and a population (1921) of 3,331,814. Capital, Helsingfors. Population of Capital, about 185,510. Principal towns, Abo, Tammerfors, Viborg, Vasa, Jyvaskyla, Uleaborg, Bjorneborg. Imports, from U.K. (1920), Finnish marks 803,800,000. Exports to U.K., Finnish marks 1,059,400,000.
Most Common Surnames in Finland
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korhonen | 24,144 | 1:228 | |
| 2 | Virtanen | 23,180 | 1:237 | |
| 3 | Nieminen | 21,270 | 1:258 | |
| 4 | Mäkinen | 21,124 | 1:260 | |
| 5 | Hämäläinen | 19,446 | 1:283 | |
| 6 | Mäkelä | 19,162 | 1:287 | |
| 7 | Laine | 18,513 | 1:297 | |
| 8 | Heikkinen | 18,442 | 1:298 | |
| 9 | Koskinen | 17,715 | 1:310 | |
| 10 | Lehtonen | 16,898 | 1:325 | |
| 11 | Järvinen | 16,715 | 1:329 | |
| 12 | Lehtinen | 15,690 | 1:350 | |
| 13 | Saarinen | 15,081 | 1:364 | |
| 14 | Salminen | 14,853 | 1:370 | |
| 15 | Heinonen | 14,838 | 1:370 | |
| 16 | Heikkilä | 14,561 | 1:377 | |
| 17 | Niemi | 14,424 | 1:381 | |
| 18 | Salonen | 14,184 | 1:388 | |
| 19 | Laitinen | 14,021 | 1:392 | |
| 20 | Turunen | 13,800 | 1:398 | |
| 21 | Kinnunen | 13,471 | 1:408 | |
| 22 | Tuominen | 13,093 | 1:420 | |
| 23 | Savolainen | 13,060 | 1:421 | |
| 24 | Salo | 13,037 | 1:422 | |
| 25 | Rantanen | 12,835 | 1:428 | |
| 26 | Jokinen | 12,708 | 1:433 | |
| 27 | Miettinen | 12,692 | 1:433 | |
| 28 | Mattila | 12,534 | 1:439 | |
| 29 | Karjalainen | 12,285 | 1:447 | |
| 30 | Räsänen | 11,531 | 1:477 | |
| 31 | Ahonen | 11,257 | 1:488 | |
| 32 | Lahtinen | 11,128 | 1:494 | |
| 33 | Pitkänen | 10,798 | 1:509 | |
| 34 | Hiltunen | 10,662 | 1:516 | |
| 35 | Ojala | 10,461 | 1:525 | |
| 36 | Leppänen | 10,399 | 1:529 | |
| 37 | Aaltonen | 10,357 | 1:531 | |
| 38 | Leinonen | 9,949 | 1:552 | |
| 39 | Kallio | 9,881 | 1:556 | |
| 40 | Väisänen | 9,876 | 1:557 | |
| 41 | Anttila | 9,850 | 1:558 | |
| 42 | Mustonen | 9,805 | 1:561 | |
| 43 | Hakala | 9,759 | 1:563 | |
| 44 | Laaksonen | 9,739 | 1:564 | |
| 45 | Manninen | 9,496 | 1:579 | |
| 46 | Koivisto | 9,366 | 1:587 | |
| 47 | Lehto | 9,297 | 1:591 | |
| 48 | Laakso | 9,292 | 1:592 | |
| 49 | Hirvonen | 9,204 | 1:597 | |
| 50 | Toivonen | 9,114 | 1:603 | |
| 51 | Kettunen | 9,057 | 1:607 | |
| 52 | Hartikainen | 9,015 | 1:610 | |
| 53 | Nurmi | 8,923 | 1:616 | |
| 54 | Niskanen | 8,893 | 1:618 | |
| 55 | Aalto | 8,808 | 1:624 | |
| 56 | Partanen | 8,774 | 1:626 | |
| 57 | Peltonen | 8,764 | 1:627 | |
| 58 | Rantala | 8,758 | 1:628 | |
| 59 | Lappalainen | 8,524 | 1:645 | |
| 60 | Pulkkinen | 8,344 | 1:659 | |
| 61 | Niemelä | 8,331 | 1:660 | |
| 62 | Rissanen | 8,282 | 1:664 | |
| 63 | Seppälä | 8,271 | 1:665 | |
| 64 | Saari | 8,177 | 1:672 | |
| 65 | Kauppinen | 8,173 | 1:673 | |
| 66 | Hakkarainen | 7,984 | 1:688 | |
| 67 | Hänninen | 7,925 | 1:694 | |
| 68 | Huttunen | 7,828 | 1:702 | |
| 69 | Seppänen | 7,710 | 1:713 | |
| 70 | Moilanen | 7,705 | 1:713 | |
| 71 | Salmi | 7,687 | 1:715 | |
| 72 | Suominen | 7,661 | 1:717 | |
| 73 | Koskela | 7,550 | 1:728 | |
| 74 | Halonen | 7,475 | 1:735 | |
| 75 | Kemppainen | 7,467 | 1:736 | |
| 76 | Lahti | 7,462 | 1:737 | |
| 77 | Mikkonen | 7,404 | 1:742 | |
| 78 | Peltola | 7,390 | 1:744 | |
| 79 | Parviainen | 7,379 | 1:745 | |
| 80 | Kärkkäinen | 7,361 | 1:747 | |
| 81 | Ikonen | 7,350 | 1:748 | |
| 81 | Leskinen | 7,350 | 1:748 | |
| 83 | Aho | 7,339 | 1:749 | |
| 84 | Ahola | 7,335 | 1:749 | |
| 85 | Koponen | 7,293 | 1:754 | |
| 86 | Pesonen | 7,245 | 1:759 | |
| 87 | Oksanen | 7,140 | 1:770 | |
| 88 | Vainio | 7,043 | 1:780 | |
| 89 | Lindholm | 6,969 | 1:789 | |
| 90 | Heiskanen | 6,928 | 1:793 | |
| 91 | Vuorinen | 6,915 | 1:795 | |
| 92 | Johansson | 6,855 | 1:802 | |
| 93 | Rautiainen | 6,844 | 1:803 | |
| 94 | Mikkola | 6,842 | 1:803 | |
| 95 | Toivanen | 6,830 | 1:805 | |
| 96 | Karppinen | 6,759 | 1:813 | |
| 97 | Nurminen | 6,710 | 1:819 | |
| 98 | Koski | 6,655 | 1:826 | |
| 99 | Immonen | 6,647 | 1:827 | |
| 100 | Honkanen | 6,532 | 1:842 | |
| 101 | Nyman | 6,482 | 1:848 | |
| 102 | Kokkonen | 6,384 | 1:861 | |
| 103 | Vartiainen | 6,371 | 1:863 | |
| 104 | Harju | 6,312 | 1:871 | |
| 105 | Heino | 6,307 | 1:872 | |
| 106 | Hyvärinen | 6,190 | 1:888 | |
| 107 | Leino | 6,180 | 1:889 | |
| 108 | Mäki | 6,176 | 1:890 | |
| 109 | Martikainen | 6,137 | 1:896 | |
| 110 | Juntunen | 6,067 | 1:906 | |
| 111 | Rajala | 5,996 | 1:917 | |
| 112 | Jääskeläinen | 5,987 | 1:918 | |
| 113 | Määttä | 5,972 | 1:920 | |
| 114 | Holopainen | 5,946 | 1:924 | |
| 115 | Laukkanen | 5,915 | 1:929 | |
| 116 | Kangas | 5,846 | 1:940 | |
| 117 | Karlsson | 5,819 | 1:945 | |
| 118 | Ruotsalainen | 5,801 | 1:948 | |
| 119 | Nykänen | 5,779 | 1:951 | |
| 120 | Hyvönen | 5,761 | 1:954 | |
| 121 | Uusitalo | 5,712 | 1:962 | |
| 122 | Mäenpää | 5,666 | 1:970 | |
| 123 | Laurila | 5,625 | 1:977 | |
| 124 | Keränen | 5,611 | 1:980 | |
| 125 | Viitanen | 5,576 | 1:986 | |
| 126 | Paananen | 5,502 | 1:999 | |
| 127 | Makkonen | 5,480 | 1:1,003 | |
| 128 | Lindström | 5,437 | 1:1,011 | |
| 129 | Tikkanen | 5,396 | 1:1,019 | |
| 130 | Kukkonen | 5,324 | 1:1,032 | |
| 131 | Kokko | 5,322 | 1:1,033 | |
| 132 | Nevalainen | 5,236 | 1:1,050 | |
| 133 | Tamminen | 5,201 | 1:1,057 | |
| 134 | Väänänen | 5,193 | 1:1,058 | |
| 135 | Salmela | 5,181 | 1:1,061 | |
| 136 | Häkkinen | 5,158 | 1:1,066 | |
| 137 | Ranta | 5,126 | 1:1,072 | |
| 138 | Jaakkola | 5,099 | 1:1,078 | |
| 139 | Tiainen | 5,068 | 1:1,085 | |
| 140 | Hietala | 5,063 | 1:1,086 | |
| 141 | Pasanen | 5,027 | 1:1,093 | |
| 142 | Korpela | 4,993 | 1:1,101 | |
| 143 | Kosonen | 4,989 | 1:1,102 | |
| 144 | Kujala | 4,983 | 1:1,103 | |
| 145 | Karvonen | 4,982 | 1:1,103 | |
| 146 | Härkönen | 4,970 | 1:1,106 | |
| 147 | Jokela | 4,886 | 1:1,125 | |
| 148 | Eriksson | 4,885 | 1:1,125 | |
| 149 | Lindroos | 4,854 | 1:1,132 | |
| 150 | Valtonen | 4,850 | 1:1,133 | |
| 151 | Kuusisto | 4,848 | 1:1,134 | |
| 152 | Timonen | 4,829 | 1:1,138 | |
| 153 | Andersson | 4,734 | 1:1,161 | |
| 154 | Virta | 4,658 | 1:1,180 | |
| 155 | Asikainen | 4,652 | 1:1,182 | |
| 156 | Karhu | 4,635 | 1:1,186 | |
| 157 | Tolonen | 4,541 | 1:1,210 | |
| 158 | Sillanpää | 4,530 | 1:1,213 | |
| 159 | Saarela | 4,527 | 1:1,214 | |
| 160 | Kolehmainen | 4,501 | 1:1,221 | |
| 161 | Koistinen | 4,478 | 1:1,227 | |
| 162 | Tirkkonen | 4,474 | 1:1,229 | |
| 163 | Rinne | 4,466 | 1:1,231 | |
| 164 | Rautio | 4,459 | 1:1,233 | |
| 165 | Lindqvist | 4,433 | 1:1,240 | |
| 166 | Malinen | 4,432 | 1:1,240 | |
| 167 | Jussila | 4,426 | 1:1,242 | |
| 168 | Autio | 4,411 | 1:1,246 | |
| 169 | Lampinen | 4,396 | 1:1,250 | |
| 170 | Hokkanen | 4,393 | 1:1,251 | |
| 171 | Kivelä | 4,314 | 1:1,274 | |
| 172 | Eskelinen | 4,301 | 1:1,278 | |
| 173 | Puustinen | 4,262 | 1:1,290 | |
| 174 | Huhtala | 4,258 | 1:1,291 | |
| 175 | Voutilainen | 4,255 | 1:1,292 | |
| 176 | Nissinen | 4,247 | 1:1,294 | |
| 177 | Räisänen | 4,185 | 1:1,313 | |
| 178 | Nousiainen | 4,168 | 1:1,319 | |
| 179 | Laakkonen | 4,155 | 1:1,323 | |
| 180 | Pietilä | 4,150 | 1:1,325 | |
| 181 | Kainulainen | 4,135 | 1:1,329 | |
| 181 | Kuusela | 4,135 | 1:1,329 | |
| 183 | Tolvanen | 4,079 | 1:1,348 | |
| 184 | Koivula | 4,050 | 1:1,357 | |
| 185 | Pirinen | 4,028 | 1:1,365 | |
| 186 | Lepistö | 4,014 | 1:1,369 | |
| 187 | Tuovinen | 3,994 | 1:1,376 | |
| 188 | Taskinen | 3,990 | 1:1,378 | |
| 189 | Pennanen | 3,977 | 1:1,382 | |
| 190 | Suhonen | 3,976 | 1:1,382 | |
| 191 | Penttinen | 3,955 | 1:1,390 | |
| 192 | Luoma | 3,935 | 1:1,397 | |
| 193 | Pelkonen | 3,913 | 1:1,405 | |
| 194 | Helenius | 3,904 | 1:1,408 | |
| 195 | Marttila | 3,879 | 1:1,417 | |
| 196 | Pakarinen | 3,856 | 1:1,425 | |
| 197 | Liimatainen | 3,849 | 1:1,428 | |
| 197 | Riikonen | 3,849 | 1:1,428 | |
| 199 | Karttunen | 3,845 | 1:1,430 | |
| 200 | Hietanen | 3,820 | 1:1,439 | |