Lehtinen Surname

30,427th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,558 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Lehtinen Surname User-submission:

The Lehtinen surname comes from lehti, which means 'leaf', and -nen ending.

Lehtinen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland15,6901:35012
United States7331:494,48741,675
Sweden4141:23,7841,934
Estonia2761:4,789471
Canada1951:188,95218,643
Thailand391:1,811,240225,763
Norway311:165,88020,092
Denmark261:217,10417,438
England221:2,532,63991,802
Australia211:1,285,51068,491
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
France121:5,535,227269,324
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
China51:273,464,31313,838
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Monaco11:37,0664,748

Lehtinen Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Lehtinen surname comes from lehti, which means 'leaf', and -nen ending.

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Lehtinen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lehtinen is carried by more people in Finland than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Lehtinen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lehtinen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 30,427th most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 415,056 people. The last name Lehtinen occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Lehtinen reside; 94 percent reside in Northern Europe and 92 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name is most common in Finland, where it is held by 15,690 people, or 1 in 350. In Finland Lehtinen is mostly found in: Uusimaa, where 29 percent reside, Southwest Finland, where 18 percent reside and Pirkanmaa, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Finland Lehtinen is found in 40 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent reside and Sweden, where 2 percent reside.

Lehtinen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lehtinen surname are 4.16% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50.93% registered with the political party.

The amount Lehtinen earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 22.89% less than the national average, earning 266,854 kr per year; in United States they earn 13.85% more than the national average, earning $49,127 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.46% less than the national average, earning $46,968 CAD per year.

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