Setälä Surname
Approximately 1,776 people bear this surname
Setälä Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 1,731 | 1:3,175 | 505 |
| Sweden | 32 | 1:307,711 | 21,451 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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
Setälä Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Setälä in the Hindi language | ||
| शीतला | sitala | 60 |
| सेतला | setala | 40 |
| Setälä in the Marathi language | ||
| सेटला | setala | 50 |
| ेटला | etala | 50 |
| Setälä in the Oriya language | ||
| େସଟଲା | esatala | 47.62 |
| େସଟାଲା | esatala | 19.05 |
| େସଟଳା | esatala | 19.05 |
| େସତଲା | esatala | 9.52 |
| େଶତଲା | esatala | 4.76 |
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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
- 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 Setälä
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