Poikela Surname
Approximately 765 people bear this surname
Poikela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 701 | 1:7,841 | 1,221 |
| Sweden | 50 | 1:196,935 | 13,646 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Poikela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poikela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Poikela occurs more in Finland more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poikela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 445,853rd most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 9,526,204 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Poikela are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in Scandinavia.
Poikela is most commonly occurring in Finland, where it is borne by 701 people, or 1 in 7,841. In Finland Poikela is primarily found in: Lapland, where 54 percent are found, Uusimaa, where 18 percent are found and Northern Ostrobothnia, where 8 percent are found. Other than Finland this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 7 percent are found and Estonia, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Poikela
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