Laihanen Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Laihanen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 273 | 1:20,134 | 2,847 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Laihanen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laihanen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Laihanen is borne by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Laihanen.
How Common Is The Last Name Laihanen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 914,967th most frequent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 25,129,469 people. Laihanen occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Laihanen live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Scandinavia.
This surname is most frequently held in Finland, where it is carried by 273 people, or 1 in 20,134. In Finland Laihanen is most common in: South Karelia, where 38 percent live, Uusimaa, where 20 percent live and Pirkanmaa, where 15 percent live. Aside from Finland this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 4 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laihonen | 88 | 458 | / |
| Laihinen | 88 | 274 | / |
| Lainen | 86 | 32 | / |
| Liehnen | 80 | 33 | / |
| Laitnen | 80 | 7 | / |
| Layanen | 80 | 6 | / |
| Lainenn | 80 | 4 | / |
| Laainen | 80 | 0 | / |
| Laajanen | 75 | 73 | / |
| Laajunen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Laenen | 71 | 3,510 | / |
| Leinen | 71 | 2,781 | / |
| Lijnen | 71 | 469 | / |
| Lienen | 71 | 281 | / |
| Lainin | 71 | 60 | / |
| Launen | 71 | 38 | / |
| Lainem | 71 | 38 | / |
| Luinen | 71 | 31 | / |
| Leanen | 71 | 8 | / |
| Laynen | 71 | 8 | / |
| Lajunen | 67 | 733 | / |
| Leijnen | 67 | 133 | / |
| Leinenn | 67 | 75 | / |
| Lujanen | 67 | 59 | / |
| Laining | 67 | 59 | / |
| Laineem | 67 | 12 | / |
| Lajanin | 67 | 9 | / |
| Loehnen | 67 | 9 | / |
| Launent | 67 | 5 | / |
| Launeng | 67 | 3 | / |
| Layunen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Laingin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hlaenen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Layinin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Laynenn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lijanin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leisnen | 67 | 0 | / |
| Layneen | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lawenen | 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
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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 Laihanen
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