Vaskonen Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Vaskonen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vaskonen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland1141:48,2175,880
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Vaskonen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Vaskonen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Vaskonen occurs more in Finland more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Vaskonen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,701,480th most widespread surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Vaskonen live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most commonly held in Finland, where it is borne by 114 people, or 1 in 48,217. In Finland Vaskonen is most frequent in: Northern Savonia, where 61 percent are found, North Karelia, where 27 percent are found and Central Finland, where 6 percent are found. Not including Finland this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Norway, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vahkonen881/
Vauhkonen821,402/
Vaukhonen821/
Vaihkonen821/
Wakonen8015/
Vakonin801/
Vackonienė782/
Vakhonin751,168/
Vakhonyn7571/
Vakkanen7528/
Vaskanin7523/
Backonen755/
Vatkanen751/
Baakonen751/
Waukonen751/
Vakhonina711,705/
Vakhonyna7170/
Wauhkonen7126/
Vaikkanen7123/
Vuokkonen7116/
Veikkonen7116/
Baakkonen7111/
Waihkonen712/
Vouhkonen711/
Bakonin67109/
Vakanin6731/
Bakonyn679/
Waihkonnen671/
Vokonin671/

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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
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  • 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 Vaskonen
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