Vaataja Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Vaataja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Vaataja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vaataja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vaataja has its highest incidence in Finland. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vaataja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Vaataja is mostly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Vaataja reside; 50 percent reside in Northern Europe and 50 percent reside in Scandinavia.
This surname is most frequent in Finland, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 2,748,351. In Finland it is mostly found in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 50 percent reside and Satakunta, where 50 percent reside. Excluding Finland Vaataja occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Vaataja
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