Kätkä Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Kätkä Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 49 | 1:112,178 | 11,104 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
The alternate forms: Katka (565) are calculated separately.
Kätkä Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kätkä Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kätkä is more commonly found in Finland than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Katka. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kätkä? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,746,821st most widely held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname Kätkä is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kätkä live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Scandinavia.
The surname is most common in Finland, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 112,178. In Finland Kätkä is primarily found in: Uusimaa, where 35 percent are found, Southern Ostrobothnia, where 20 percent are found and Central Ostrobothnia, where 14 percent are found. Beside Finland this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Estonia, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Kätkä
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