Perälä Surname
Approximately 3,481 people bear this surname
Perälä Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 3,284 | 1:1,674 | 248 |
| Sweden | 161 | 1:61,160 | 4,684 |
| Estonia | 27 | 1:48,956 | 9,235 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
Perälä Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Perälä Come From? nationality or country of origin
Perälä is more commonly found in Finland than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Perälä? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 130,018th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 2,093,521 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Perälä are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The last name Perälä is most commonly occurring in Finland, where it is held by 3,284 people, or 1 in 1,674. In Finland Perälä is mostly concentrated in: Southern Ostrobothnia, where 21 percent are found, Uusimaa, where 18 percent are found and Northern Ostrobothnia, where 13 percent are found. Beside Finland Perälä occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 5 percent are found and Estonia, where 1 percent are found.
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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
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