Pakanen Surname
Approximately 460 people bear this surname
Pakanen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 450 | 1:12,215 | 1,842 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
Pakanen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pakanen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pakanen is held by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pakanen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 655,080th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 15,842,491 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pakanen live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.
This last name is most frequently used in Finland, where it is borne by 450 people, or 1 in 12,215. In Finland Pakanen is most numerous in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 82 percent live, Lapland, where 5 percent live and Uusimaa, where 4 percent live. Apart from Finland it is found in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakkanen | 93 | 2,105 | / |
| Pakanien | 93 | 28 | / |
| Paakanen | 93 | 19 | / |
| Pahkanen | 93 | 10 | / |
| Packanen | 93 | 4 | / |
| Paakkanen | 88 | 350 | / |
| Pakonen | 86 | 206 | / |
| Pakenen | 86 | 14 | / |
| Pakanin | 86 | 13 | / |
| Pacanen | 86 | 2 | / |
| Pekkanen | 80 | 1,875 | / |
| Pakkonen | 80 | 141 | / |
| Pakhanin | 80 | 4 | / |
| Paakonen | 80 | 2 | / |
| Pakkanem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pakanina | 80 | 1 | / |
| Paskanin | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pakkenen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pakonien | 80 | 1 | / |
| Paakkonen | 75 | 473 | / |
| Paukkonen | 75 | 311 | / |
| Poukkanen | 75 | 34 | / |
| Pakonienė | 75 | 5 | / |
| Paikannin | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pekkanien | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pekonen | 71 | 788 | / |
| Pekanin | 71 | 22 | / |
| Pakonin | 71 | 11 | / |
| Pacanin | 71 | 4 | / |
| Pokanem | 71 | 3 | / |
| Patkeineng | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pokanin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Paakkkonen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pehkonen | 67 | 3,034 | / |
| Poikonen | 67 | 947 | / |
| Pekkonen | 67 | 422 | / |
| Potkonen | 67 | 93 | / |
| Pekkenen | 67 | 29 | / |
| Paskonin | 67 | 26 | / |
| Puikonen | 67 | 23 | / |
| Pakhonin | 67 | 19 | / |
| Paskonyn | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pökkönen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pokkenen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pacanind | 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 Pakanen
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