Mäkiranta Surname

583,527th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 537 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Mäkiranta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mäkiranta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland5201:10,5711,642
Sweden161:615,42245,338
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Makiranta (5) are calculated separately.

Mäkiranta Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mäkiranta is most common in Finland. It can occur as a variant: Makiranta. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mäkiranta? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mäkiranta is the 583,527th most frequently used last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 13,570,849 people. Mäkiranta is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Mäkiranta are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname is most widely held in Finland, where it is held by 520 people, or 1 in 10,571. In Finland it is mostly found in: Southern Ostrobothnia, where 32 percent are found, Pirkanmaa, where 17 percent are found and Uusimaa, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Finland this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 3 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mäkiranta
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