Sissonen Surname

1,173,425th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 203 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Sissonen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sissonen Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland1861:29,5523,951
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Malta11:430,2723,380

Sissonen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sissonen is more commonly found in Finland than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sissonen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sissonen is the 1,173,425th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 35,899,241 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Sissonen live; 96 percent live in Northern Europe and 96 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname is most widespread in Finland, where it is held by 186 people, or 1 in 29,552. In Finland Sissonen is mostly found in: North Karelia, where 53 percent are found, Uusimaa, where 18 percent are found and Central Finland, where 9 percent are found. Besides Finland this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 4 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seissonen941/
Seisonen8817/
Seitsonen82187/
Sissoning821/
Sizonen8016/
Seysonen7512/
Sisonina754/
Shishonin7120/
Shishonina6720/
Sisenin674/
Sisanin671/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Sissonen
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