Palolahti Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Palolahti Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palolahti Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland671:82,0408,835
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178

Palolahti Last Name Facts

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

Palolahti is more frequently found in Finland than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Palolahti.

How Common Is The Last Name Palolahti? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,312,869th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Palolahti are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.

It is most frequent in Finland, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 82,040. In Finland it is most frequent in: Uusimaa, where 39 percent live, Lapland, where 22 percent live and Southern Ostrobothnia, where 15 percent live. Outside of Finland this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Estonia, where 1 percent live.

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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 Palolahti
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