Alamehtä Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Alamehtä Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alamehtä Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland191:289,30021,660
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534

The alternate forms: Alamehta (1) are calculated separately.

Alamehtä Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Alamehtä Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Alamehtä is more frequently found in Finland than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Alamehta. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Alamehtä? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,116,508th most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Alamehtä reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name is most widely held in Finland, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 289,300. In Finland Alamehtä is most frequent in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 42 percent live, South Karelia, where 37 percent live and Uusimaa, where 21 percent live. Other than Finland this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Alamehta961/
Alameti80317/
Alametti752/
Alamette751/
Alamiette71282/
Aliamiete711/
Algamette711/
Alamate67157/
Alamita6746/
Elameti678/
Olameti676/
Alamoti675/
Alemeti673/
Alemete672/
Alometa671/
Allamiette671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Alamehtä
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