Pakalén Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Pakalén Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pakalén Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland371:148,56013,684
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

The alternate forms: Pakalen (41), Pakalên (1) & Pakalèn (1) are calculated separately.

Pakalén Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pakalén occurs more in Finland more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Pakalen, Pakalên or Pakalèn. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pakalén? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pakalén is the 3,141,416th most widely held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pakalén live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most numerous in Finland, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 148,560. In Finland it is primarily found in: Uusimaa, where 70 percent reside, Kainuu, where 14 percent reside and Central Finland, where 8 percent reside. Other than Finland it exists in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 5 percent reside.

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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 Pakalén
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