Finland Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

Finland Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Finland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland61:892,30328,047
England31:18,572,686338,250
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States711:707,30545,577

Finland (83) may also be a first name.

Finland Last Name Facts

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

The surname Finland (Arabic: فلندا, Russian: Финланд) is found in Scotland more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Finland? popularity and diffusion

The last name Finland is the 5,213,395th most widespread surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Finland occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Finland reside; 71 percent reside in Northern Europe and 64 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 1,052,971st most frequently occurring given name internationally, held by 83 people.

Finland is most widely held in Scotland, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 892,303. In Scotland Finland is most frequent in: Midlothian, where 100 percent are found. Beside Scotland this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 21 percent are found and Israel, where 14 percent are found.

Finland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Finland has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people who held the Finland surname expanded 600 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it fell 81 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Finnland9330/
Finlyand936/
Finlan92879/
Fimland86250/
Vinland8618/
Fenland862/
Finlane861/
Finlanh861/
Finlend860/
Finlang860/
Finlon77303/
Fenlan7722/
Finlam770/
Finlaysen753/
Finlaysin751/
Finleon7133/
Vinlaun713/
Finlhon713/
Vinlyan711/
Fenlian711/
Venland710/
Finllon710/
Finlong710/
Veenland6751/
Vinllian673/
Fenliang671/
Fenlasen671/
Fenlon624,119/
Vinlon620/
Fenlong57109/
Vinlent572/
Phenlan572/
Fennlon571/
Fenglian5310/
Phenliang503/

Finland Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Finland in the Russian language
Финландfinland-
Finland in the Arabic language
فلنداflnda-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Finland
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