Puolakainen Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Puolakainen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 29 | 1:189,541 | 16,328 |
| Estonia | 27 | 1:48,956 | 9,235 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Puolakainen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Puolakainen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Puolakainen is most common in Finland. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Puolakainen? popularity and diffusion
Puolakainen is the 2,394,033rd most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. The surname Puolakainen is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Puolakainen reside; 94 percent reside in Northern Europe and 52 percent reside in Scandinavia.
It is most widely held in Finland, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 189,541. In Finland Puolakainen is mostly concentrated in: Uusimaa, where 59 percent live, Southwest Finland, where 14 percent live and Päijänne Tavastia, where 10 percent live. Not including Finland Puolakainen exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Estonia, where 42 percent live and Sweden, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puolakkainen | 96 | 33 | / |
| Puolokainen | 91 | 41 | / |
| Puolakaynen | 91 | 33 | / |
| Puolokkainen | 87 | 1 | / |
| Palakainen | 86 | 8 | / |
| Polokainen | 86 | 5 | / |
| Polakaynen | 86 | 4 | / |
| Puolokaynen | 82 | 60 | / |
| Polokaynen | 76 | 10 | / |
| Polocanin | 60 | 2 | / |
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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 Puolakainen
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