Pitkä Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Pitkä Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 150 | 1:36,645 | 4,724 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
The alternate forms: Pitka (722) & Pítka (1) are calculated separately.
Pitkä Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pitkä Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pitkä occurs most in Finland. It may also be found in the variant forms: Pitka or Pítka. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pitkä? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pitkä is the 1,415,499th most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pitkä are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.
This last name is most frequent in Finland, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 36,645. In Finland Pitkä is most frequent in: Uusimaa, where 46 percent are found, Tavastia Proper, where 15 percent are found and Päijänne Tavastia, where 10 percent are found. Beside Finland it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 1 percent are found and Estonia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pitka | 93 | 722 | / |
| Pítka | 87 | 1 | / |
| Pitke | 80 | 456 | / |
| Pitki | 80 | 2 | / |
| Pietka | 73 | 751 | / |
| Pittke | 73 | 109 | / |
| Pitkis | 73 | 20 | / |
| Pietke | 73 | 12 | / |
| Pitkha | 73 | 4 | / |
| Paitki | 73 | 3 | / |
| Pitkoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pitket | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pitkes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Peitke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pittka | 73 | 0 | / |
| Pitkie | 73 | 0 | / |
| Pike | 67 | 69,646 | / |
| Pika | 67 | 8,966 | / |
| Piki | 67 | 2,632 | / |
| Piky | 67 | 21 | / |
| Phitkit | 67 | 17 | / |
| Pittker | 67 | 12 | / |
| Phitkha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pikj | 67 | 3 | / |
| Piedtke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pitkhae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pitckca | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pitkett | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pitckay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piethke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pikè | 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 Pitkä
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