Pöyhtäri Surname

1,028,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 245 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Pöyhtäri Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pöyhtäri Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland2411:22,8083,179
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Pöyhtari (1) & Poyhtari (1) are calculated separately.

Pöyhtäri Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pöyhtäri occurs most in Finland. It may also be found as a variant: Pöyhtari or Poyhtari. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pöyhtäri? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pöyhtäri is the 1,028,911th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 29,745,085 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pöyhtäri are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname is most common in Finland, where it is held by 241 people, or 1 in 22,808. In Finland Pöyhtäri is most common in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 56 percent reside, Uusimaa, where 16 percent reside and Central Ostrobothnia, where 8 percent reside. Besides Finland this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 0 percent reside and Norway, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pöyhtari961/
Pöytäri931/
Poyhtari921/
Pöystäri881/
Pöysäri8021/
Pätäri71222/
Pytari713/
Pyhtry712/
Pyatri711/
Ptri6717/
Pytr676/
Payatri675/
Pihtari674/
Payitri673/
Poyitri671/
Payturi671/
Pyatari671/
Pohturi671/

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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 Pöyhtäri
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