Sulkava Surname

1,257,535th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 183 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Sulkava Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sulkava Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland1731:31,7734,205
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sulkava Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sulkava is found most frequently in Finland. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sulkava? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sulkava is the 1,257,535th most numerous last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Sulkava reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname is most frequently used in Finland, where it is held by 173 people, or 1 in 31,773. In Finland it is mostly found in: Pirkanmaa, where 34 percent live, Uusimaa, where 29 percent live and Southern Ostrobothnia, where 21 percent live. Apart from Finland Sulkava exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 4 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sulkaeva9314/
Sulkhaeva8820/
Sulkova8660/
Shulkova8096/
Sulkabai809/
Sulkhova805/
Soulkova801/
Sulckova801/
Zhulkaeva7516/
Shilkaeva752/
Shulkhova751/
Sulková71279/
Culkova71188/
Sulcova7148/
Solkova7130/
Zulkova717/
Çulkova715/
Zolkava711/
Shutilkova711/
Chulkova678,113/
Shilkova671,360/
Zhulkova67405/
Sholkova67308/
Soulková6738/
Zaulkova678/
Sulĺková672/
Zoulkova671/
Zjulkova671/

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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 Sulkava
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