Vainionpaa Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Vainionpaa Surname User-submission:
This surname comes from vainio, the Finnish word for 'meadow'; vainion is the possessive form.
Pää is the Finnish word for 'head'.
Vainionpää then means 'meadow's head' or 'head of the meadow'.
V and W are used interchangeably in Finnish, with W being the antiquated form, so Vainionpää and Wainionpää are equivalent.
Read More About This SurnameVainionpaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
The alternate forms: Vainionpää (1,875) are calculated separately.
Vainionpaa Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname comes from vainio, the Finnish word for 'meadow'; vainion is the possessive form.
Pää is the Finnish word for 'head'.
Vainionpää then means 'meadow's head' or 'head of the meadow'.
V and W are used interchangeably in Finnish, with W being the antiquated form, so Vainionpää and Wainionpää are equivalent.
English substitutes a for ä, so many English-speakers of Finnish extraction have Wainionpaa as surname. Some Finnish immigrants to the USA shortened Vainionpää or Wainionpää to Vainio or Wainio.
- flynfinnVainionpaa Demographics
Average Vainionpaa Salary in
United States
$23,650 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Vainionpaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vainionpaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vainionpaa occurs in Canada more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Vainionpää. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vainionpaa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,808,717th most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Vainionpaa reside; 60 percent reside in North America and 60 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
It is most commonly occurring in Canada, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 1,754,552. In Canada Vainionpaa is mostly concentrated in: Ontario, where 76 percent live and British Columbia, where 24 percent live. Other than Canada it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent live and Australia, where 15 percent live.
Vainionpaa Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Vainionpaa earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 45.19% less than the national average, earning $23,650 USD per year and in Canada they earn 41.88% more than the national average, earning $70,491 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vainionpää | 93 | 1,875 | / |
| Vainionpaeae | 91 | 4 | / |
| Wainionpaa | 90 | 27 | / |
| Vainionp | 89 | 3 | / |
| Wainionpa | 84 | 1 | / |
| Vainionpææ | 80 | 2 | / |
| Vainonpää | 74 | 1 | / |
| Vaniova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Baninpai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vananapa | 67 | 1 | / |
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