Rantapää Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Rantapää Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rantapää Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland461:119,49411,620
Sweden451:218,81715,158
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178

The alternate forms: Rantapaa (50) are calculated separately.

Rantapää Last Name Facts

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

Rantapää is found most frequently in Finland. It may also occur as a variant: Rantapaa. For other potential spellings of Rantapää click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rantapää? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,943,350th most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. The surname Rantapää occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rantapää live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Finland, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 119,494. In Finland Rantapää is most frequent in: Lapland, where 41 percent reside, Northern Ostrobothnia, where 35 percent reside and Satakunta, where 11 percent reside. Besides Finland this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 49 percent reside and Estonia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rantapaa9250/
Rintapää8833/
Rantap8625/
Rantapo8010/
Rantapa804/
Rantapi802/
Ranatap801/
Riantap801/
Rantape801/
Rantapuu7511/
Ranatapa754/
Rentap71550/
Rantep7155/
Rantab7124/
Randap714/
Rintap711/
Rantup711/
Rainetaup710/
Rantabe67174/
Rantuba67134/
Rantaba6756/
Ruantip6723/
Rantoba6722/
Ranadap6714/
Randape6713/
Rianadp6710/
Ranadip679/
Rintaip677/
Riantip674/
Ranatab674/
Rntp671/
Riantup671/
Rauntip671/
Reantup671/
Ruantaweep671/
Rantaib671/
Rantabo671/
Rintapa671/
Riantop671/

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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 Rantapää
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