Paakkanen Surname
Approximately 350 people bear this surname
Paakkanen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 325 | 1:16,913 | 2,429 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Paakkanen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paakkanen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Paakkanen is most common in Finland. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Paakkanen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 801,116th most frequently held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 20,821,560 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Paakkanen reside; 96 percent reside in Northern Europe and 96 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname is most frequently used in Finland, where it is held by 325 people, or 1 in 16,913. In Finland Paakkanen is most common in: Uusimaa, where 42 percent live, Southwest Finland, where 13 percent live and Northern Savonia, where 9 percent live. Apart from Finland this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 3 percent live and Germany, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakkanen | 94 | 2,105 | / |
| Paakanen | 94 | 19 | / |
| Paakkonen | 89 | 473 | / |
| Pakanen | 88 | 460 | / |
| Paakkkonen | 84 | 1 | / |
| Pekkanen | 82 | 1,875 | / |
| Pakkonen | 82 | 141 | / |
| Pakanien | 82 | 28 | / |
| Pahkanen | 82 | 10 | / |
| Packanen | 82 | 4 | / |
| Paakonen | 82 | 2 | / |
| Pakkenen | 82 | 1 | / |
| Pakkanem | 82 | 1 | / |
| Paukkonen | 78 | 311 | / |
| Poukkanen | 78 | 34 | / |
| Pekkanien | 78 | 1 | / |
| Pakonen | 75 | 206 | / |
| Pakenen | 75 | 14 | / |
| Pakanin | 75 | 13 | / |
| Pacanen | 75 | 2 | / |
| Pekkonen | 71 | 422 | / |
| Pekkenen | 71 | 29 | / |
| Pakhanin | 71 | 4 | / |
| Pökkönen | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pokkenen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pakonien | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pakanina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Paskanin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Puikkonen | 67 | 515 | / |
| Pakonienė | 67 | 5 | / |
| Paikannin | 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
- 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 Paakkanen
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