Iikkanen Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Iikkanen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iikkanen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland871:63,1807,241
Malta11:430,2723,380

Iikkanen Last Name Facts

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

Iikkanen is more commonly found in Finland than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Iikkanen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,994,173rd most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Iikkanen reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in Scandinavia.

Iikkanen is most frequently used in Finland, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 63,180. In Finland it is most prevalent in: Central Finland, where 54 percent are found, Uusimaa, where 30 percent are found and Päijänne Tavastia, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Finland this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Malta, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hiekkanen82329/
Ekkanen801/
Ekanen71396/
Hiekkonen717/
Ekannen675/
Ejkanen674/
Ekaunen673/
Ekanenn672/
Ehikhamnen671/
Iekanem671/
Jeskanen63714/
Jekkonen6376/
Hiekonen634/
Jäkkönen632/
Ekonen57178/
Ekanin5714/
Eckonen5322/
Ekhanin539/
Ekhanyn533/
Yekanin531/
Yekanem531/
Jehkonen50171/
Yekhanin504/
Ekhanyna503/
Ekhanina502/
Jaicanin501/
Yekeneen501/

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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 Iikkanen
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