Pylkäs Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Pylkäs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 154 | 1:35,693 | 4,617 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
Pylkäs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pylkäs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pylkäs is carried by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pylkäs? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pylkäs is the 1,343,156th most widespread last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pylkäs reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.
This surname is most numerous in Finland, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 35,693. In Finland Pylkäs is most numerous in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 56 percent reside, Uusimaa, where 12 percent reside and Southwest Finland, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Finland this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Pylkäs
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