Seppälä Surname

58,337th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,668 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Seppälä Surname User-submission:

The Seppälä surname means 'blacksmith' in Finnish. It is derived from the word seppä, meaning 'blacksmith', and the suffix -lä.

Seppälä Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland8,2711:66563
Sweden2641:37,2982,998
Estonia1041:12,7101,932
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Norway61:857,04855,549
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
England21:27,859,030389,889
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Seppäla (20) & Seppalä (1) are calculated separately.

Seppälä Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Seppälä surname means 'blacksmith' in Finnish. It is derived from the word seppä, meaning 'blacksmith', and the suffix -lä.

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Seppälä Last Name Facts

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

The last name Seppälä is found most in Finland. It may also be found in the variant forms: Seppäla or Seppalä. Click here for other possible spellings of Seppälä.

How Common Is The Last Name Seppälä? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 58,337th most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 840,741 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Seppälä are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This surname is most commonly held in Finland, where it is carried by 8,271 people, or 1 in 665. In Finland Seppälä is most frequent in: Uusimaa, where 27 percent reside, Pirkanmaa, where 15 percent reside and Kymenlaakso, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Finland this last name is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 3 percent reside and Estonia, where 1 percent reside.

Seppälä Last Name Statistics demography

Seppälä earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In Norway they earn 89.07% more than the national average, earning 654,323 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seppäla9520/
Seppalä951/
Seppilä8610/
Seppele7143/
Seppela7110/
Seipilä711/
Seppeler6787/
Seppelya672/
Sheppela672/
Seippele671/
Sseppali671/

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