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

Finland (Arabic: فلندا, Russian: Финланд) is more frequently found in Scotland than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Finland? popularity and diffusion

The surname Finland is the 5,213,395th most numerous last name world-wide, held by approximately 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. Finland is also the 1,052,971st most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 83 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Scotland, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 892,303. In Scotland Finland is most prevalent in: Midlothian, where 100 percent live. Barring Scotland it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 21 percent live and Israel, where 14 percent live.

Finland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Finland has changed through the years. In Scotland the share of the population with the surname grew 600 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it decreased 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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