Palviainen Surname
Approximately 939 people bear this surname
Palviainen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 890 | 1:6,176 | 965 |
| Sweden | 29 | 1:339,543 | 23,803 |
| Australia | 9 | 1:2,999,522 | 116,751 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Palviainen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palviainen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palviainen is borne by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Palviainen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Palviainen is the 379,929th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 7,760,965 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Palviainen are found; 98 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The last name is most commonly held in Finland, where it is carried by 890 people, or 1 in 6,176. In Finland Palviainen is mostly concentrated in: North Karelia, where 31 percent are found, Uusimaa, where 29 percent are found and Northern Savonia, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Finland it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 3 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palvianen | 95 | 1 | / |
| Palavainen | 90 | 21 | / |
| Palvanen | 89 | 72 | / |
| Pylvainen | 84 | 32 | / |
| Palivanene | 80 | 1 | / |
| Polvinen | 78 | 533 | / |
| Pilvinen | 78 | 87 | / |
| Pylvinen | 78 | 26 | / |
| Palvanan | 78 | 9 | / |
| Pylvanen | 78 | 5 | / |
| Pylväinen | 74 | 156 | / |
| Palvannan | 74 | 36 | / |
| Palavanan | 74 | 30 | / |
| Palivanan | 74 | 4 | / |
| Palvanyan | 74 | 1 | / |
| Polvaynen | 74 | 1 | / |
| Pilvinienė | 70 | 34 | / |
| Paulvannan | 70 | 19 | / |
| Palevanyan | 70 | 11 | / |
| Palavannan | 70 | 11 | / |
| Pilviniene | 70 | 4 | / |
| Pahlavanan | 70 | 1 | / |
| Palavanana | 70 | 1 | / |
| Pahlavanian | 67 | 751 | / |
| Pahlevanyan | 67 | 624 | / |
| Paylevanyan | 67 | 197 | / |
| Pylvänen | 67 | 170 | / |
| Pailevanyan | 67 | 126 | / |
| Palivonienė | 67 | 78 | / |
| Pailevanian | 67 | 27 | / |
| Pailovanyan | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pahlevanian | 67 | 4 | / |
| Paylivanyan | 67 | 3 | / |
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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 Palviainen
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