Piekkanen Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Piekkanen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 21 | 1:261,748 | 20,300 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
Piekkanen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Piekkanen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Piekkanen has its highest incidence in Finland. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Piekkanen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,116,508th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Piekkanen are found; 91 percent are found in Northern Europe and 91 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The last name Piekkanen is most frequently occurring in Finland, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 261,748. In Finland it is most frequent in: Uusimaa, where 76 percent are found, South Karelia, where 19 percent are found and Southern Savonia, where 5 percent are found. Besides Finland this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Luxembourg, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pekkanen | 94 | 1,875 | / |
| Pikkanen | 94 | 45 | / |
| Pikkanien | 89 | 1 | / |
| Pekkanien | 89 | 1 | / |
| Pikanen | 88 | 27 | / |
| Pitkanen | 82 | 433 | / |
| Pekkonen | 82 | 422 | / |
| Pihkanen | 82 | 225 | / |
| Pekkenen | 82 | 29 | / |
| Pukkanen | 82 | 7 | / |
| Piskanen | 82 | 6 | / |
| Pizkanen | 82 | 1 | / |
| Puikkonen | 78 | 515 | / |
| Poukkanen | 78 | 34 | / |
| Phitkanen | 78 | 4 | / |
| Pekonen | 75 | 788 | / |
| Pikanin | 75 | 77 | / |
| Pekanin | 75 | 22 | / |
| Pikänen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pehkonen | 71 | 3,034 | / |
| Poikonen | 71 | 947 | / |
| Pitkanin | 71 | 317 | / |
| Pitkonen | 71 | 283 | / |
| Piškanin | 71 | 168 | / |
| Piskonen | 71 | 163 | / |
| Pikanina | 71 | 75 | / |
| Pukkonen | 71 | 65 | / |
| Pykkonen | 71 | 58 | / |
| Petkanin | 71 | 32 | / |
| Puikonen | 71 | 23 | / |
| Pekanina | 71 | 22 | / |
| Pihkonen | 71 | 16 | / |
| Pitkañen | 71 | 14 | / |
| Piskanin | 71 | 3 | / |
| Piškanín | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pitkönen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pickenen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pääkkönen | 67 | 2,890 | / |
| Pyykkönen | 67 | 1,552 | / |
| Paukkonen | 67 | 311 | / |
| Pyykkonen | 67 | 140 | / |
| Päykkönen | 67 | 35 | / |
| Pichkanin | 67 | 14 | / |
| Piiskonen | 67 | 9 | / |
| Piyakanin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piccanien | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paikannin | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Piekkanen
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