Piitulainen Surname
Approximately 527 people bear this surname
Piitulainen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 496 | 1:11,082 | 1,704 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
Piitulainen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Piitulainen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Piitulainen is held by more people in Finland than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Piitulainen? popularity and diffusion
Piitulainen is the 591,720th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 13,828,360 people. The last name Piitulainen is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Piitulainen reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in Scandinavia.
It is most frequently held in Finland, where it is held by 496 people, or 1 in 11,082. In Finland it is most frequent in: North Karelia, where 32 percent are found, Uusimaa, where 27 percent are found and Pirkanmaa, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Finland this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 4 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pietilainen | 82 | 29 | / |
| Pietilaeinen | 78 | 1 | / |
| Patalainen | 76 | 27 | / |
| Pietilinen | 76 | 5 | / |
| Pitiläinen | 76 | 1 | / |
| Patilainen | 76 | 1 | / |
| Potulaneni | 76 | 1 | / |
| Pudlinen | 74 | 1 | / |
| Pietiläinen | 73 | 1,601 | / |
| Paatelainen | 73 | 186 | / |
| Puutilainen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pietilyaynen | 70 | 9 | / |
| Potlineni | 70 | 1 | / |
| Patalaynen | 67 | 13 | / |
| Patuljinan | 67 | 13 | / |
| Potalaynen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Petiulianienė | 67 | 1 | / |
| Padulaneni | 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 Piitulainen
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