Särkelä Surname
Approximately 742 people bear this surname
Särkelä Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 695 | 1:7,909 | 1,232 |
| Sweden | 32 | 1:307,711 | 21,451 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Särkelä Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Särkelä Come From? nationality or country of origin
Särkelä occurs in Finland more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Särkelä? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 456,246th most frequent family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 9,821,490 people. The last name Särkelä is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Särkelä live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Scandinavia.
This last name is most frequently used in Finland, where it is borne by 695 people, or 1 in 7,909. In Finland it is primarily found in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 34 percent live, Lapland, where 28 percent live and Uusimaa, where 19 percent live. Apart from Finland this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 4 percent live and Estonia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Särkilä | 86 | 31 | / |
| Sirkelä | 86 | 27 | / |
| Serkelä | 86 | 20 | / |
| Särkölä | 86 | 9 | / |
| Särkkälä | 80 | 14 | / |
| Sirkeli | 71 | 456 | / |
| Serkeli | 71 | 52 | / |
| Serkely | 71 | 44 | / |
| Syrkely | 71 | 23 | / |
| Sarkele | 71 | 17 | / |
| Sirkele | 71 | 8 | / |
| Serkela | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sarkeli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Serkele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Järkkälä | 67 | 29 | / |
| Sirkkilä | 67 | 23 | / |
| Sairkela | 67 | 6 | / |
| Järkelid | 67 | 6 | / |
| Serkelis | 67 | 4 | / |
| Serkelyi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sarkheli | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sirekele | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sirkelis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sharkely | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Särkelä
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