Rahkala Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Rahkala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 132 | 1:41,642 | 5,227 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Rahkala (31) may also be a first name.
Rahkala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rahkala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rahkala occurs most in Finland. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rahkala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,527,735th most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. The last name Rahkala is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Rahkala live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 97 percent live in Scandinavia. Rahkala is also the 1,874,099th most prevalent given name world-wide, borne by 31 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Finland, where it is borne by 132 people, or 1 in 41,642. In Finland it is mostly concentrated in: Southwest Finland, where 46 percent reside, Northern Ostrobothnia, where 36 percent reside and Lapland, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Finland it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 2 percent reside and England, where 1 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 Rahkala
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