Jyrkkä Surname
Approximately 197 people bear this surname
Jyrkkä Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 187 | 1:29,394 | 3,932 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Jyrkka (4) are calculated separately.
Jyrkkä Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jyrkkä Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jyrkkä is found in Finland more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Jyrkka. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jyrkkä? popularity and diffusion
Jyrkkä is the 1,198,640th most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. The surname Jyrkkä occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Jyrkkä live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name Jyrkkä is most numerous in Finland, where it is carried by 187 people, or 1 in 29,394. In Finland Jyrkkä is mostly found in: Central Ostrobothnia, where 39 percent reside, Northern Ostrobothnia, where 37 percent reside and Uusimaa, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Finland Jyrkkä occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 3 percent reside and Norway, where 1 percent reside.
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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
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