Niemelä Surname
Approximately 8,839 people bear this surname
Niemelä Surname User-submission:
Niemelä comes from niemi, meaning 'peninsula' or 'headland' and the suffix -llä, meaning 'on' or 'at'.
Niemelä Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 8,331 | 1:660 | 61 |
| Sweden | 437 | 1:22,533 | 1,859 |
| Estonia | 42 | 1:31,472 | 5,782 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Niemela (1,394) are calculated separately.
Niemelä Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Niemelä comes from niemi, meaning 'peninsula' or 'headland' and the suffix -llä, meaning 'on' or 'at'.
- niemelaNiemelä Demographics
Average Niemelä Salary in
Norway
263,940 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
Niemelä Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niemelä Come From? nationality or country of origin
Niemelä is more frequently found in Finland than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Niemela. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Niemelä? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 57,301st most frequent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 824,476 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Niemelä are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The surname Niemelä is most widely held in Finland, where it is borne by 8,331 people, or 1 in 660. In Finland it is most frequent in: Uusimaa, where 21 percent live, Northern Ostrobothnia, where 19 percent live and Pirkanmaa, where 11 percent live. Barring Finland this last name is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 5 percent live and Estonia, where 0 percent live.
Niemelä Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Niemelä has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Niemelä Last Name Statistics demography
Niemelä earn notably less less than the average income. In Norway they earn 23.73% less than the national average, earning 263,940 kr per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niemela | 95 | 1,394 | / |
| Nimelä | 92 | 1 | / |
| Niemilä | 86 | 97 | / |
| Niemeli | 86 | 3 | / |
| Niemälä | 86 | 2 | / |
| Niemely | 86 | 1 | / |
| Niemelae | 80 | 7 | / |
| Niemiela | 80 | 5 | / |
| Niemeloe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Niemelea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nimely | 77 | 11,068 | / |
| Nemela | 77 | 102 | / |
| Nemeli | 77 | 85 | / |
| Nemely | 77 | 25 | / |
| Nimela | 77 | 16 | / |
| Nimele | 77 | 12 | / |
| Nemele | 77 | 9 | / |
| Nimeli | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nnemele | 71 | 50 | / |
| Nimeley | 71 | 45 | / |
| Neemela | 71 | 20 | / |
| Nemetli | 71 | 14 | / |
| Nemeleu | 71 | 10 | / |
| Neimela | 71 | 8 | / |
| Nemmeli | 71 | 6 | / |
| Gnemele | 71 | 5 | / |
| Nimmely | 71 | 3 | / |
| Niemila | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nimelie | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ngimele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngemele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Neimilä | 71 | 1 | / |
| Neamely | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nemmela | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nimelea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nesmelyi | 67 | 47 | / |
| Ngnemele | 67 | 17 | / |
| Nesmelyy | 67 | 13 | / |
| Nemealla | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ngemeile | 67 | 4 | / |
| Neymeler | 67 | 2 | / |
| Neumelih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuemeele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nimeilie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nimelett | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nimehele | 67 | 1 | / |
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