Pöllä Surname

1,428,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Pöllä Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pöllä Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland1111:49,5205,996
Sweden321:307,71121,451
Estonia81:165,22626,217

Pöllä Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pöllä occurs more in Finland more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pöllä? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pöllä is the 1,428,594th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. The last name Pöllä is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pöllä reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 95 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This last name is most commonly held in Finland, where it is held by 111 people, or 1 in 49,520. In Finland Pöllä is most prevalent in: Uusimaa, where 40 percent reside, Northern Ostrobothnia, where 23 percent reside and Central Ostrobothnia, where 13 percent reside. Barring Finland this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 21 percent reside and Estonia, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pölle8033/
Pellä8019/
Pöllö801/
Pöller73502/
Pöllet73108/
Pillär731/
Plla67139/
Pläp6723/
Plle6718/
Plli6716/
Pölleth6710/
Pöllich673/

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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 Pöllä
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