Rovanperä Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Rovanperä Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rovanperä Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland581:94,7719,814
Sweden151:656,45048,545

The alternate forms: Rovanpera (12) are calculated separately.

Rovanperä Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rovanperä occurs more in Finland more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Rovanpera. For other possible spellings of Rovanperä click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rovanperä? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rovanperä is the 2,220,661st most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. The surname Rovanperä is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Rovanperä are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name is most widely held in Finland, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 94,771. In Finland it is primarily concentrated in: Lapland, where 60 percent live, Uusimaa, where 21 percent live and Northern Ostrobothnia, where 9 percent live. Outside of Finland this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 21 percent live.

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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 Rovanperä
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