Penttonen Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Penttonen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Penttonen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland891:61,7617,109
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Penttonen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Penttonen is carried by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Penttonen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,943,350th most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Penttonen are found; 98 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This last name is most common in Finland, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 61,761. In Finland Penttonen is most numerous in: Uusimaa, where 36 percent reside, North Karelia, where 27 percent reside and Northern Savonia, where 17 percent reside. Beside Finland this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 1 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 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
  • 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 Penttonen
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