Raitaniemi Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Raitaniemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 63 | 1:87,249 | 9,246 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
Raitaniemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Raitaniemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Raitaniemi is found most in Finland. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Raitaniemi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,091,648th most frequent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. The last name Raitaniemi occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Raitaniemi reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 85 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname Raitaniemi is most frequent in Finland, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 87,249. In Finland Raitaniemi is mostly concentrated in: Satakunta, where 38 percent live, Pirkanmaa, where 24 percent live and Uusimaa, where 14 percent live. Beside Finland this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Estonia, where 15 percent live and Sweden, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ristaniemi | 90 | 89 | / |
| Rautaniemi | 90 | 17 | / |
| Raitoniemi | 90 | 7 | / |
| Ristanniemi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ritoniemi | 84 | 62 | / |
| Ratanimit | 84 | 1 | / |
| Routaniemi | 80 | 19 | / |
| Ratanema | 78 | 1 | / |
| Ritanummi | 74 | 10 | / |
| Rytöniemi | 74 | 6 | / |
| Ratanajamit | 67 | 3 | / |
| Rattanajamit | 64 | 4 | / |
| Ritonummi | 63 | 3 | / |
| Ratanamee | 63 | 1 | / |
| Rattanamee | 60 | 2 | / |
| Ratanayama | 60 | 1 | / |
| Rattanahame | 57 | 15 | / |
| Rattanayama | 57 | 1 | / |
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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 Raitaniemi
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