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
The last name Puolakainen is borne by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Puolakainen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Puolakainen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,394,033rd most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Puolakainen live; 94 percent live in Northern Europe and 52 percent live in Scandinavia.
The surname is most frequent in Finland, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 189,541. In Finland Puolakainen is primarily found in: Uusimaa, where 59 percent are found, Southwest Finland, where 14 percent are found and Päijänne Tavastia, where 10 percent are found. Besides Finland Puolakainen is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Estonia, where 42 percent are found and Sweden, where 6 percent are found.
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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