Kilpelä Surname
Approximately 266 people bear this surname
Kilpelä Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 250 | 1:21,987 | 3,089 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
The alternate forms: Kilpela (423) are calculated separately.
Kilpelä Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kilpelä Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kilpelä is carried by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Kilpela. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kilpelä? popularity and diffusion
Kilpelä is the 973,426th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 27,396,789 people. Kilpelä is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kilpelä live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Finland, where it is held by 250 people, or 1 in 21,987. In Finland it is most numerous in: Uusimaa, where 32 percent reside, Lapland, where 31 percent reside and Northern Ostrobothnia, where 12 percent reside. Barring Finland this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 5 percent reside and Cyprus, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Kilpelä
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