Perkinen Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Perkinen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Perkinen Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland301:183,22315,926
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212

Perkinen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Perkinen is borne by more people in Finland than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Perkinen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,485,539th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Perkinen are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname is most frequent in Finland, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 183,223. In Finland it is primarily concentrated in: Uusimaa, where 63 percent live, Southern Savonia, where 17 percent live and Central Finland, where 3 percent live. Outside of Finland it occurs in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Perkkainen891/
Parkinen8863/
Pärkinen8834/
Percinen882/
Parkkinen822,871/
Pärkkinen821/
Pirkkainen781/
Perkunin751/
Parkunen751/
Parkkunen7150/
Perkening712/
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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 Perkinen
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