Puolakanaho Surname

906,170th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 294 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Puolakanaho Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Puolakanaho Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland2631:20,9002,955
Sweden291:339,54323,803
Norway21:2,571,14395,402

Puolakanaho Last Name Facts

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

Puolakanaho is more commonly found in Finland than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Puolakanaho? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 906,170th most commonly held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 24,787,571 people. The surname Puolakanaho occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Puolakanaho reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name is most widely held in Finland, where it is carried by 263 people, or 1 in 20,900. In Finland it is most numerous in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 59 percent are found, Uusimaa, where 13 percent are found and Lapland, where 8 percent are found. Not including Finland this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 10 percent are found and Norway, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pölkinaho704/
Balakhanehi551/

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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 Puolakanaho
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