Putkinen Surname

689,921st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 429 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Putkinen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Putkinen 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
Finland3631:15,1422,215
Russia311:4,649,131213,487
Sweden241:410,28229,154
Estonia81:165,22626,217
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Putkinen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Putkinen (Russian: Путкинен) has its highest incidence in Finland. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Putkinen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 689,921st most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 16,987,287 people. Putkinen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Putkinen live; 93 percent live in Northern Europe and 91 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most commonly used in Finland, where it is borne by 363 people, or 1 in 15,142. In Finland it is most frequent in: Uusimaa, where 33 percent reside, Southern Savonia, where 19 percent reside and Pirkanmaa, where 12 percent reside. Besides Finland it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 7 percent reside and Sweden, where 6 percent reside.

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
Pukkinen88239/
Pitkinen885/
Puškinenė821/
Puikkinen821/
Pukinienė821/
Pokinen8035/
Pukenen802/
Pitkänen7511,221/
Pokkinen75410/
Pitkenen7526/
Pukkenen751/
Puchinin63412/
Pükkenen631/
Pokkenen631/
Pukenienė5999/
Pokynyn535/
Puchenin5036/
Puchenyn503/
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Putkinen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Putkinen in the Russian language
Путкиненputkinen-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Putkinen
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