Kerkelä Surname
Approximately 258 people bear this surname
Kerkelä Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 245 | 1:22,436 | 3,151 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Kerkela (91) are calculated separately.
Kerkelä Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerkelä Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kerkelä occurs in Finland more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Kerkela. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerkelä? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 993,593rd most commonly used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 28,246,302 people. The surname Kerkelä is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kerkelä live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.
This surname is most frequent in Finland, where it is carried by 245 people, or 1 in 22,436. In Finland it is mostly found in: Lapland, where 39 percent are found, Northern Ostrobothnia, where 18 percent are found and Uusimaa, where 18 percent are found. Excluding Finland this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 5 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerkela | 95 | 91 | / |
| Kärkelä | 86 | 102 | / |
| Krekelä | 86 | 31 | / |
| Kirkelä | 86 | 6 | / |
| Kerkely | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kerkele | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kerkeles | 80 | 22 | / |
| Kerkelis | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kerkeler | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gkergkeli | 75 | 1 | / |
| Krekilä | 71 | 87 | / |
| Kerqeli | 71 | 71 | / |
| Kirkeli | 71 | 48 | / |
| Körkele | 71 | 35 | / |
| Kärkölä | 71 | 35 | / |
| Karkeli | 71 | 30 | / |
| Karkele | 71 | 15 | / |
| Kerceli | 71 | 10 | / |
| Krekele | 71 | 9 | / |
| Kirkely | 71 | 6 | / |
| Gkergkeles | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kirkele | 71 | 2 | / |
| Korkeli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kerkoli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Karkelj | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kerkale | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kerkile | 71 | 1 | / |
| Korkele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Karkhele | 67 | 1,007 | / |
| Kirkelie | 67 | 170 | / |
| Korkheli | 67 | 34 | / |
| Kirkelis | 67 | 17 | / |
| Kirkeles | 67 | 4 | / |
| Karkheli | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kerkhali | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kirkhely | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kharkele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kirkelee | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kirkeale | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kerkelä
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