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.

Putkinen Surname Distribution Map

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) is found in Finland more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Putkinen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Putkinen is the 689,921st most frequently held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 16,987,287 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Putkinen are found; 93 percent are found in Northern Europe and 91 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name is most commonly used in Finland, where it is carried by 363 people, or 1 in 15,142. In Finland Putkinen is mostly concentrated in: Uusimaa, where 33 percent are found, Southern Savonia, where 19 percent are found and Pirkanmaa, where 12 percent are found. Barring Finland this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 7 percent are found and Sweden, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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

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
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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 Putkinen
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