Rissanen Surname

56,840th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,915 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Rissanen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rissanen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland8,2821:66462
Sweden2271:43,3783,431
United States1531:2,369,013146,433
Canada1111:331,94230,257
Estonia421:31,4725,782
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Norway151:342,81932,589
England91:6,190,895170,599
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260

Rissanen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rissanen (Russian: Риссанен) occurs most in Finland. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Rissanen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 56,840th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 817,448 people. The last name Rissanen occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Rissanen live; 96 percent live in Northern Europe and 96 percent live in Scandinavia.

It is most frequently occurring in Finland, where it is carried by 8,282 people, or 1 in 664. In Finland it is mostly concentrated in: Northern Savonia, where 47 percent live, Uusimaa, where 21 percent live and North Karelia, where 4 percent live. Barring Finland this last name is found in 23 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Rissanen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Rissanen last name are 7.28% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.05% registered with the political party.

The amount Rissanen earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 19.1% less than the national average, earning 279,978 kr per year; in United States they earn 32.62% more than the national average, earning $57,226 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.51% more than the national average, earning $51,926 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Rissanen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rissanen in the Russian language
Риссаненrissanen-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Rissanen
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis