Riihijärvi Surname

781,947th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 362 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Riihijärvi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Riihijärvi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland3371:16,3112,359
Sweden231:428,12030,474
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Riihijarvi (2) are calculated separately.

Riihijärvi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Riihijärvi is held by more people in Finland than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Riihijarvi. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Riihijärvi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 781,947th most commonly used last name globally, held by around 1 in 20,131,342 people. The surname Riihijärvi occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Riihijärvi reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

It is most commonly occurring in Finland, where it is borne by 337 people, or 1 in 16,311. In Finland Riihijärvi is most prevalent in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 53 percent live, Uusimaa, where 17 percent live and Päijänne Tavastia, where 6 percent live. Barring Finland Riihijärvi occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 6 percent live and Estonia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Riihijarvi972/
Rahijärvi8443/
Ruuhijärvi8072/
Ruuhijarvi701/
Rohejärv6727/
Rohejarv561/

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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 Riihijärvi
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