Jyrkäs Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Jyrkäs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jyrkäs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland821:67,0337,542
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Norway21:2,571,14395,402

Jyrkäs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jyrkäs is carried by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jyrkäs? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,871,545th most widely held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Jyrkäs are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname Jyrkäs is most prevalent in Finland, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 67,033. In Finland Jyrkäs is mostly concentrated in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 44 percent reside, Lapland, where 27 percent reside and Kainuu, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Finland it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 14 percent reside and Norway, where 2 percent reside.

Jyrkäs Last Name Statistics demography

Jyrkäs earn around the same as the average income. In Norway they earn 4.01% more than the national average, earning 359,941 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jyrkkäs921/
Hyrkäs83695/
Jyrkkä83197/
Järkäs839/
Yrkys738/
Jyrki733/
Jyrka731/
Jerkes6731/
Yorkis6731/
Yorkes6723/
Järkkä6718/
Jyrkka674/
Särkäs672/
Jerkis672/
Jerkys671/

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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 Jyrkäs
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