Pyrhönen Surname

764,765th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 373 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Pyrhönen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pyrhönen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland3701:14,8562,187
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

The alternate forms: Pyrhonen (8) are calculated separately.

Pyrhönen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pyrhönen is carried by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Pyrhonen. Click here for further potential spellings of Pyrhönen.

How Common Is The Last Name Pyrhönen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 764,765th most prevalent family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 19,537,657 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pyrhönen live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname is most commonly used in Finland, where it is held by 370 people, or 1 in 14,856. In Finland Pyrhönen is most frequent in: Uusimaa, where 38 percent are found, Kymenlaakso, where 10 percent are found and Southern Savonia, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Finland this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 1 percent are found and Italy, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pyrhonen968/
Pirhonen751,937/
Perhonen75144/
Pärhänen751/
Peränen67140/
Pironen6736/
Piranen6714/
Peranen674/
Peuranen63155/
Peuronen6319/
Peyronin638/
Peyronnin59111/
Pironin53300/
Peronin5331/
Perenin534/
Piranin533/
Péronin531/
Peronnin50140/
Perronin5079/
Péronnin501/
Perrenin500/

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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 Pyrhönen
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