Kaakinen Surname

499,041st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 660 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Kaakinen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kaakinen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland6211:8,8511,378
Sweden251:393,87027,867
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Kaakinen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kaakinen is borne by more people in Finland than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaakinen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 499,041st most frequent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 11,041,736 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Kaakinen reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name Kaakinen is most prevalent in Finland, where it is borne by 621 people, or 1 in 8,851. In Finland it is most frequent in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 41 percent are found, Uusimaa, where 19 percent are found and Central Finland, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Finland it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaskinen88833/
Kaukinen88537/
Kakkinen88192/
Kaakkunen8249/
Kaukainen8236/
Khakkinen8226/
Kaukeinen8224/
Käkinen8019/
Kakinin801/
Kokkinen75531/
Kekkinen7532/
Kaikunen754/
Kakunoen754/
Kakining751/
Kheykinen71129/
Kohkoinen7177/
Khokkinen715/
Kokinienė714/
Keikkinen713/
Koiskinen711/
Kakunin67346/
Kheykkinen6771/
Kakunyn6744/
Kokunen6731/
Käkenen671/
Kahkeining671/
Kheikkinen671/
Kakynin671/

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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 Kaakinen
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