Meinander Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Meinander Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 124 | 1:44,328 | 5,481 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Meinander Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meinander Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meinander has its highest incidence in Finland. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meinander? popularity and diffusion
Meinander is the 1,558,593rd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Meinander live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.
It is most prevalent in Finland, where it is held by 124 people, or 1 in 44,328. In Finland it is mostly concentrated in: Uusimaa, where 58 percent live, Southern Savonia, where 17 percent live and Central Finland, where 8 percent live. Aside from Finland this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 3 percent live and Norway, where 2 percent live.
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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 Meinander
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