Palkeinen Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Palkeinen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 139 | 1:39,545 | 5,010 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
Palkeinen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palkeinen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Palkeinen occurs more in Finland more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palkeinen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,484,726th most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Palkeinen reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in Scandinavia.
It is most numerous in Finland, where it is held by 139 people, or 1 in 39,545. In Finland Palkeinen is primarily concentrated in: Uusimaa, where 37 percent reside, Southern Savonia, where 22 percent reside and Päijänne Tavastia, where 17 percent reside. Other than Finland it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 2 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 Palkeinen
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