Pohjanen Surname
Approximately 586 people bear this surname
Pohjanen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 369 | 1:14,896 | 2,191 |
| Sweden | 211 | 1:46,667 | 3,636 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pohjanen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pohjanen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pohjanen is found most frequently in Finland. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pohjanen? popularity and diffusion
Pohjanen is the 546,286th most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 12,436,085 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pohjanen reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in Scandinavia.
It is most numerous in Finland, where it is borne by 369 people, or 1 in 14,896. In Finland Pohjanen is primarily found in: Lapland, where 40 percent are found, Northern Ostrobothnia, where 25 percent are found and Pirkanmaa, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Finland this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 36 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pohjonen | 88 | 1,502 | / |
| Pohjoinen | 82 | 4 | / |
| Pajanen | 80 | 106 | / |
| Pozanen | 80 | 24 | / |
| Poyanen | 80 | 12 | / |
| Pojanin | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pujanen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Paajanen | 75 | 2,113 | / |
| Pochanin | 75 | 242 | / |
| Poyhonen | 75 | 143 | / |
| Podjanin | 75 | 41 | / |
| Pochanyn | 75 | 8 | / |
| Pajannen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pohjonem | 75 | 1 | / |
| Painen | 71 | 2,025 | / |
| Poinen | 71 | 720 | / |
| Paenen | 71 | 239 | / |
| Pijnen | 71 | 237 | / |
| Pochanina | 71 | 138 | / |
| Paynen | 71 | 10 | / |
| Pochanyna | 71 | 10 | / |
| Paunen | 71 | 2 | / |
| Poynen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pouchonen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pounen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phochanin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peanen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pasanen | 67 | 5,730 | / |
| Pajunen | 67 | 3,378 | / |
| Pasonen | 67 | 242 | / |
| Paynaen | 67 | 67 | / |
| Payanen | 67 | 65 | / |
| Puijnen | 67 | 22 | / |
| Poyanin | 67 | 20 | / |
| Payunen | 67 | 20 | / |
| Pauneng | 67 | 19 | / |
| Pocanin | 67 | 7 | / |
| Pazonen | 67 | 6 | / |
| Painene | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pacanen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pajonen | 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 Pohjanen
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