Pahikainen Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Pahikainen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pahikainen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland361:152,68613,963
Canada41:9,211,398321,528

Pahikainen Last Name Facts

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

Pahikainen is borne by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pahikainen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pahikainen is the 3,100,440th most frequently used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Pahikainen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Pahikainen reside; 90 percent reside in Northern Europe and 90 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name is most prevalent in Finland, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 152,686. In Finland Pahikainen is most prevalent in: Central Ostrobothnia, where 47 percent are found, Northern Ostrobothnia, where 42 percent are found and Southern Ostrobothnia, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Finland this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Puhakainen80341/
Pahiganan7429/
Pahicniyon6015/
Pääskynen5398/
Bohikonino502/
Bohoukanon501/
Bahignawan501/

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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 Pahikainen
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