Raesalmi Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Raesalmi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Raesalmi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland231:238,98719,121
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Raesalmi Last Name Facts

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

Raesalmi has its highest incidence in Finland. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Raesalmi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Raesalmi is the 3,798,600th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Raesalmi occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Raesalmi reside; 96 percent reside in Northern Europe and 93 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name is most commonly held in Finland, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 238,987. In Finland it is most frequent in: Kainuu, where 70 percent live, Uusimaa, where 17 percent live and Northern Ostrobothnia, where 13 percent live. Beside Finland this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 7 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rajasalmi827/
Rautsalmi826/
Razalmi802/
Resalme802/
Rasolmi801/
Rosailmi752/
Ruissalmi715/
Resolme67417/
Rosalmy6721/
Rezalme671/
Rosalme671/
Ruishalme5934/
Roohisalma561/

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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 Raesalmi
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