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
The surname Pakanen is held by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pakanen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 655,080th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,842,491 people. The last name Pakanen is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pakanen live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name is most commonly used in Finland, where it is borne by 450 people, or 1 in 12,215. In Finland it is most prevalent in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 82 percent are found, Lapland, where 5 percent are found and Uusimaa, where 4 percent are found. Barring Finland Pakanen occurs in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 2 percent are found.
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
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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 Pakanen
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