Puntanen Surname

1,300,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Puntanen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puntanen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland1341:41,0205,167
United States341:10,660,557428,392
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Puntanen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Puntanen occurs most in Finland. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Puntanen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,300,225th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Puntanen reside; 78 percent reside in Northern Europe and 78 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This surname is most widespread in Finland, where it is carried by 134 people, or 1 in 41,020. In Finland it is primarily concentrated in: Southern Savonia, where 29 percent live, Uusimaa, where 25 percent live and Southern Ostrobothnia, where 21 percent live. Outside of Finland it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Puntanen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Puntanen surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Puntanen earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.7% less than the national average, earning $42,876 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 Puntanen
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