Lehtelä Surname
Approximately 454 people bear this surname
Lehtelä Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 430 | 1:12,783 | 1,930 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Lehtela (17) are calculated separately.
Lehtelä Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lehtelä Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lehtelä is held by more people in Finland than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Lehtela. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lehtelä? popularity and diffusion
Lehtelä is the 661,581st most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 16,051,863 people. The last name Lehtelä is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Lehtelä reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The last name is most frequently used in Finland, where it is borne by 430 people, or 1 in 12,783. In Finland it is mostly found in: Uusimaa, where 31 percent reside, Pirkanmaa, where 29 percent reside and Northern Ostrobothnia, where 19 percent reside. Without taking into account Finland this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 4 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lehtela | 95 | 17 | / |
| Lehtilä | 86 | 558 | / |
| Lestelä | 86 | 24 | / |
| Lyhtelä | 86 | 16 | / |
| Lähtelä | 86 | 9 | / |
| Lähteilä | 80 | 24 | / |
| Lyhteilä | 80 | 23 | / |
| Letele | 77 | 3,281 | / |
| Letela | 77 | 967 | / |
| Leteli | 77 | 1 | / |
| Letely | 77 | 0 | / |
| Letelay | 71 | 319 | / |
| Lethela | 71 | 143 | / |
| Leutele | 71 | 60 | / |
| Letelai | 71 | 32 | / |
| Lähtölä | 71 | 28 | / |
| Lethele | 71 | 12 | / |
| Letiela | 71 | 10 | / |
| Leitilä | 71 | 6 | / |
| Leteele | 71 | 6 | / |
| Leteila | 71 | 6 | / |
| Letelie | 71 | 4 | / |
| Lettele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lestele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Letheule | 67 | 274 | / |
| Lethoele | 67 | 50 | / |
| Liettilä | 67 | 19 | / |
| Lehtoila | 67 | 10 | / |
| Leathely | 67 | 3 | / |
| Letelher | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leteulle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lhiteley | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lettesly | 67 | 0 | / |
| Letealle | 67 | 0 | / |
| Lettelie | 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
- 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 Lehtelä
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