Kniivilä Surname

1,637,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Kniivilä Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kniivilä Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland1101:49,9706,045
Sweden111:895,16066,831
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Kniivila (33) are calculated separately.

Kniivilä Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kniivilä occurs most in Finland. It may also appear as: Kniivila. Click here for other possible spellings of Kniivilä.

How Common Is The Last Name Kniivilä? popularity and diffusion

Kniivilä is the 1,637,889th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 59,733,983 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kniivilä are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname Kniivilä is most common in Finland, where it is borne by 110 people, or 1 in 49,970. In Finland Kniivilä is most prevalent in: Ostrobothnia, where 29 percent are found, Uusimaa, where 25 percent are found and Southern Ostrobothnia, where 16 percent are found. Excluding Finland it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 9 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kniivila9633/
Knivila8042/
Niivila8024/
Knievil803/
Nivil7713/
Nivill7125/
Kniifl7117/
Knivel718/
Nivila712/
Knieville711/
Niviel711/
Nevilä711/
Niveil711/
Neivil711/
Knavil710/
Knievel67635/
Niville67171/
Knieval674/
Knvl673/
Kneivel672/
Kneifil671/
Nivl671/
Nivilly671/
Knivell671/
Niivala671/
Nvil671/
Knivlla671/
Knifiel671/
Naiival671/
Kniffil670/
Knivale670/
Neivill670/
Kniebihli5940/
Kniebihly594/
Kniebihler5653/

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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 Kniivilä
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