Nihtinen Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Nihtinen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nihtinen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland311:177,31315,564
Sweden101:984,67673,605

Nihtinen Last Name Facts

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

Nihtinen occurs more in Finland more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nihtinen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nihtinen is the 3,055,934th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Nihtinen reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This surname is most frequent in Finland, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 177,313. In Finland it is mostly concentrated in: South Karelia, where 77 percent live, Uusimaa, where 16 percent live and Kymenlaakso, where 3 percent live. Other than Finland Nihtinen exists in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 24 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
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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 Nihtinen
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