Järvelä Surname
Approximately 2,746 people bear this surname
Järvelä Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 2,623 | 1:2,096 | 321 |
| Sweden | 97 | 1:101,513 | 7,360 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Järvela (102) are calculated separately.
Järvelä Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Järvelä Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Järvelä is most common in Finland. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Järvela. For other possible spellings of Järvelä click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Järvelä? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 158,951st most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,653,877 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Järvelä live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.
The surname Järvelä is most frequent in Finland, where it is borne by 2,623 people, or 1 in 2,096. In Finland it is primarily found in: Uusimaa, where 27 percent live, Northern Ostrobothnia, where 19 percent live and Central Ostrobothnia, where 11 percent live. Not including Finland this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 4 percent live and Estonia, where 1 percent live.
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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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