Suomala Surname
Approximately 434 people bear this surname
Suomala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 268 | 1:20,510 | 2,901 |
| United States | 160 | 1:2,265,368 | 141,469 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
Suomala Demographics
Average Suomala Salary in
United States
$46,842 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Suomala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Suomala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Suomala has its highest incidence in Finland. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Suomala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 684,148th most frequently used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 16,791,580 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 63 percent of Suomala are found; 63 percent are found in Northern Europe and 63 percent are found in Scandinavia.
It is most frequent in Finland, where it is held by 268 people, or 1 in 20,510. In Finland it is most common in: Uusimaa, where 34 percent are found, Northern Ostrobothnia, where 19 percent are found and Central Finland, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Finland Suomala occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 37 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.
Suomala Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Suomala surname are 12.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66% registered to vote for the political party.
Suomala earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.56% more than the national average, earning $46,842 USD per year.
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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 Suomala
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