Lahtinen Surname

42,671st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,203 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Lahtinen Surname User-submission:

Lahtinen is a Finnish surname derived from the Finnish word lahti, meaning 'bay' or 'fjord', and the surname suffix -nen.

Lahtinen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland11,1281:49432
Sweden3241:30,3912,479
United States3211:1,129,15681,316
Estonia1231:10,7461,543
Canada1161:317,63429,153
Australia451:599,90442,958
Norway291:177,32021,035
Thailand231:3,071,232294,953
Spain221:2,125,09354,547
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
England71:7,959,723202,100
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Guam11:160,1214,893
France11:66,422,722504,397
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792

The alternate forms: Lähtinen (81) are calculated separately.

Lahtinen Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Lahtinen is a Finnish surname derived from the Finnish word lahti, meaning 'bay' or 'fjord', and the surname suffix -nen.

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Lahtinen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lahtinen occurs most in Finland. It can also be rendered as a variant: Lähtinen. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lahtinen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lahtinen is the 42,671st most common last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 597,193 people. The last name Lahtinen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Lahtinen reside; 95 percent reside in Northern Europe and 94 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This last name is most prevalent in Finland, where it is carried by 11,128 people, or 1 in 494. In Finland it is most numerous in: Uusimaa, where 26 percent live, Pirkanmaa, where 21 percent live and Central Finland, where 14 percent live. Besides Finland Lahtinen is found in 34 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Lahtinen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Lahtinen surname are 9.07% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.84% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Lahtinen earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 18.82% less than the national average, earning 280,931 kr per year; in United States they earn 1.65% more than the national average, earning $43,861 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.27% more than the national average, earning $55,778 CAD per year.

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