Vehkaperä Surname
Approximately 201 people bear this surname
Vehkaperä Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 192 | 1:28,629 | 3,835 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Vehkapera (2) are calculated separately.
Vehkaperä Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vehkaperä Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vehkaperä occurs more in Finland more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Vehkapera. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vehkaperä? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vehkaperä is the 1,181,191st most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. The last name Vehkaperä is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Vehkaperä live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.
Vehkaperä is most frequently occurring in Finland, where it is carried by 192 people, or 1 in 28,629. In Finland it is mostly found in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 67 percent reside, Lapland, where 8 percent reside and Uusimaa, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Finland Vehkaperä is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 4 percent reside and Norway, where 0 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 Vehkaperä
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