Punkkinen Surname

1,048,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 239 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Punkkinen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Punkkinen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland2141:25,6863,530
Canada231:1,601,982107,690
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Punkkinen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Punkkinen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Punkkinen is found most in Finland. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Punkkinen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Punkkinen is the 1,048,281st most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. The last name Punkkinen is predominantly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Punkkinen live; 90 percent live in Northern Europe and 90 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name Punkkinen is most prevalent in Finland, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 25,686. In Finland Punkkinen is most numerous in: South Karelia, where 39 percent reside, Uusimaa, where 29 percent reside and Kymenlaakso, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Finland it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 10 percent reside and Sweden, where 0 percent reside.

Punkkinen Last Name Statistics demography

Punkkinen earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 8.25% more than the national average, earning $53,782 CAD per year.

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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 Punkkinen
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