Jarvela Surname

733,258th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 395 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Iceland

Jarvela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jarvela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3591:1,009,63574,488
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

The alternate forms: Järvela (102) are calculated separately.

Jarvela Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jarvela is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Järvela. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Jarvela? popularity and diffusion

It is the 733,258th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 18,449,483 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Jarvela reside; 88 percent reside in North America and 88 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Jarvela is most common in The United States, where it is held by 359 people, or 1 in 1,009,635. In The United States it is most common in: Minnesota, where 21 percent are found, Michigan, where 12 percent are found and Washington, where 9 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 5 percent are found and Australia, where 2 percent are found.

Jarvela Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Jarvela last name are 15.7% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 68.93% registered with the party.

The amount Jarvela earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 9.47% less than the national average, earning $39,062 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.24% less than the national average, earning $44,593 CAD per year.

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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 Jarvela
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