Seppälä Surname
Approximately 8,668 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 8,271 | 1:665 | 63 |
| Sweden | 264 | 1:37,298 | 2,998 |
| Estonia | 104 | 1:12,710 | 1,932 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
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.
- deleted-173293Seppälä Demographics
Average Seppälä Salary in
Norway
654,323 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
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.
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