Pitkälä Surname
Approximately 517 people bear this surname
Pitkälä Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 505 | 1:10,885 | 1,688 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
The alternate forms: Pitkala (11) are calculated separately.
Pitkälä Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pitkälä Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pitkälä occurs in Finland more than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Pitkala. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pitkälä? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 601,015th most widespread family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 14,095,833 people. The surname Pitkälä is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pitkälä are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.
Pitkälä is most frequent in Finland, where it is carried by 505 people, or 1 in 10,885. In Finland it is primarily concentrated in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 37 percent are found, Uusimaa, where 23 percent are found and Central Finland, where 9 percent are found. Besides Finland it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 2 percent are found and Puerto Rico, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pitkala | 90 | 11 | / |
| Pykälä | 77 | 99 | / |
| Pitakal | 71 | 66 | / |
| Pitkola | 71 | 10 | / |
| Pitikla | 71 | 5 | / |
| Pitakul | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pitekul | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pitkell | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pitkule | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pitkiel | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pitkley | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pitikalo | 67 | 1,260 | / |
| Pietkiel | 67 | 74 | / |
| Pitukolo | 67 | 26 | / |
| Pitakkul | 67 | 24 | / |
| Pitcl | 67 | 14 | / |
| Pitikala | 67 | 8 | / |
| Pitakule | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pitakala | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pitukkul | 67 | 2 | / |
| Paitekul | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pituckul | 67 | 2 | / |
| Piteekul | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pitikela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pitakula | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pitakili | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paitkuli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pytkl | 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
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pitkälä
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