Vahtera Surname
Approximately 917 people bear this surname
Vahtera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 835 | 1:6,583 | 1,030 |
| Sweden | 51 | 1:193,074 | 13,358 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Vahtera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vahtera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vahtera occurs more in Finland more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Vahtera.
How Common Is The Last Name Vahtera? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 387,068th most widely held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 7,947,160 people. Vahtera is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Vahtera are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in Scandinavia.
It is most frequently held in Finland, where it is borne by 835 people, or 1 in 6,583. In Finland it is most common in: Southwest Finland, where 46 percent are found, Uusimaa, where 30 percent are found and Tavastia Proper, where 6 percent are found. Barring Finland this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 6 percent are found and Thailand, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Vahtera
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