Palkén Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Palkén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
The alternate forms: Palken (122) are calculated separately.
Palkén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palkén Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Palkén is found most in Finland. It can also occur in the variant forms: Palken. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Palkén? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Palkén are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The last name is most frequently held in Finland, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 458,058. In Finland Palkén is mostly found in: Southwest Finland, where 92 percent live and Uusimaa, where 8 percent live. Other than Finland this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palken | 94 | 122 | / |
| Palkin | 83 | 5,758 | / |
| Palkyn | 83 | 461 | / |
| Palkina | 77 | 4,752 | / |
| Palkyna | 77 | 447 | / |
| Paulkin | 77 | 265 | / |
| Paulcén | 77 | 25 | / |
| Palkinn | 77 | 9 | / |
| Paylkin | 77 | 2 | / |
| Paulkyn | 77 | 2 | / |
| Palckin | 77 | 1 | / |
| Palkien | 77 | 1 | / |
| Paulkina | 71 | 165 | / |
| Patylkin | 71 | 6 | / |
| Paulkyna | 71 | 4 | / |
| Pallkina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Polkin | 67 | 1,421 | / |
| Polkyn | 67 | 53 | / |
| Palcin | 67 | 25 | / |
| Polken | 67 | 5 | / |
| Paulkentt | 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 Palkén
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