Setälä Surname

228,232nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,776 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Setälä Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Setälä Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland1,7311:3,175505
Sweden321:307,71121,451
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Setäla (1) are calculated separately.

Setälä Last Name Facts

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

Setälä (Hindi: शीतला, Marathi: सेटला, Oriya: େସଟଲା) is found in Finland more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Setäla. Click here for further possible spellings of Setälä.

How Common Is The Last Name Setälä? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 228,232nd most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 4,103,348 people. The surname Setälä occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Setälä are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This last name is most frequent in Finland, where it is held by 1,731 people, or 1 in 3,175. In Finland Setälä is mostly concentrated in: Satakunta, where 20 percent are found, Uusimaa, where 20 percent are found and Pirkanmaa, where 19 percent are found. Barring Finland this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 2 percent are found and Estonia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Setäla941/
Setelä831/
Seitilä773/
Seistilä7112/
Seestelä713/
Setila67556/
Setale67207/
Setele67102/
Setela67101/
Seteli6797/
Sytelä6794/
Setole6785/
Setali6736/
Setili6734/
Sätilä6734/
Setile679/
Sätelä675/
Setlej671/
Setoly671/
Setily670/

Setälä Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Setälä in the Hindi language
शीतलाsitala60
सेतलाsetala40
Setälä in the Marathi language
सेटलाsetala50
ेटलाetala50
Setälä in the Oriya language
େସଟଲାesatala47.62
େସଟାଲାesatala19.05
େସଟଳାesatala19.05
େସତଲାesatala9.52
େଶତଲାesatala4.76

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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
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  • 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 Setälä
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