Levaniemi Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Levaniemi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Levaniemi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland591:93,1649,704
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Leväniemi (91) are calculated separately.

Levaniemi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Levaniemi occurs in Finland more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Leväniemi. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Levaniemi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,273,756th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Levaniemi are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 87 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Finland, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 93,164. In Finland Levaniemi is most frequent in: Central Finland, where 58 percent reside, Pirkanmaa, where 14 percent reside and Central Ostrobothnia, where 12 percent reside. Not including Finland this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Estonia, where 11 percent reside and Sweden, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leväniemi9691/
Levoniemi8933/
Levonniemi846/
Leivonniemi8032/
Levanam752/
Levinem751/
Lavanime713/
Lavaniam711/
Lavanimu711/
Levin Haimi703/
Levenhaim671/
Lewaname591/

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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 Levaniemi
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