Kalavainen Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Kalavainen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 121 | 1:45,427 | 5,606 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
Kalavainen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalavainen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kalavainen is borne by more people in Finland than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalavainen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kalavainen is the 1,565,797th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Kalavainen are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The last name Kalavainen is most commonly held in Finland, where it is held by 121 people, or 1 in 45,427. In Finland it is mostly concentrated in: Central Finland, where 44 percent are found, Uusimaa, where 39 percent are found and Pirkanmaa, where 6 percent are found. Besides Finland this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 7 percent are found and Puerto Rico, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalavanen | 95 | 7 | / |
| Kalabaneng | 80 | 22 | / |
| Kalevaynen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kalavenina | 70 | 1 | / |
| Khalovanina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kalabynin | 63 | 3 | / |
| Kalabenin | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kolovanin | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kalevynyn | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kalabynyn | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kolovanyn | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kolovangin | 60 | 71 | / |
| Kalabynina | 60 | 1 | / |
| Kolovanina | 60 | 1 | / |
| Kalabenina | 60 | 1 | / |
| Kolobinin | 53 | 2 | / |
| Kolobinina | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Kalavainen
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