Rankinen Surname

719,876th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 405 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Rankinen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rankinen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland2681:20,5102,901
United States1201:3,020,491176,226
Sweden151:656,45048,545
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Rankinen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rankinen occurs most in Finland. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Rankinen.

How Common Is The Last Name Rankinen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 719,876th most commonly used family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 17,993,941 people. The last name Rankinen occurs mostly in Europe, where 70 percent of Rankinen live; 70 percent live in Northern Europe and 70 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most numerous in Finland, where it is held by 268 people, or 1 in 20,510. In Finland it is most numerous in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 55 percent reside, Uusimaa, where 16 percent reside and Central Finland, where 6 percent reside. Besides Finland this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 30 percent reside and Sweden, where 4 percent reside.

Rankinen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Rankinen last name are 9.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 62.5% being registered with the political party.

Rankinen earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.7% less than the national average, earning $34,650 USD per year.

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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 Rankinen
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