Mehtonen Surname
Approximately 738 people bear this surname
Mehtonen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 697 | 1:7,886 | 1,227 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Mehtonen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mehtonen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mehtonen is found most in Finland. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mehtonen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 458,119th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 9,874,723 people. Mehtonen occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Mehtonen are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 96 percent are found in Scandinavia.
This surname is most commonly held in Finland, where it is borne by 697 people, or 1 in 7,886. In Finland it is primarily found in: Uusimaa, where 29 percent reside, Northern Savonia, where 29 percent reside and Southern Savonia, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Finland it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Estonia, where 3 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mehtänen | 88 | 20 | / |
| Methonen | 88 | 10 | / |
| Mehtanen | 88 | 1 | / |
| Meatonen | 88 | 1 | / |
| Metanen | 80 | 13 | / |
| Metonin | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mattonen | 75 | 133 | / |
| Mettänen | 75 | 116 | / |
| Mottonen | 75 | 64 | / |
| Mittonen | 75 | 13 | / |
| Mehtanin | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mietanen | 75 | 3 | / |
| Möttonen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Metognin | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mettanen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Miettunen | 71 | 1,014 | / |
| Matonienė | 71 | 140 | / |
| Meittunen | 71 | 13 | / |
| Mechtanin | 71 | 2 | / |
| Matonin | 67 | 210 | / |
| Metenin | 67 | 25 | / |
| Metanin | 67 | 9 | / |
| Motonin | 67 | 7 | / |
| Matonyn | 67 | 5 | / |
| Metunyn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mötönen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Matanen | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mehtonen
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