Vehkonen Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Vehkonen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 45 | 1:122,149 | 11,804 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Vehkonen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vehkonen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vehkonen is more commonly found in Finland than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vehkonen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Vehkonen is the 2,605,694th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Vehkonen are found; 98 percent are found in Northern Europe and 84 percent are found in Scandinavia.
This surname is most frequent in Finland, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 122,149. In Finland it is most frequent in: Uusimaa, where 47 percent are found, Central Finland, where 44 percent are found and Southwest Finland, where 7 percent are found. Not including Finland this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Estonia, where 15 percent are found and Sweden, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehkanen | 88 | 41 | / |
| Vekhonen | 88 | 1 | / |
| Vahkonen | 88 | 1 | / |
| Veikkonen | 82 | 16 | / |
| Vaihkonen | 82 | 1 | / |
| Bekonen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Viekanen | 75 | 5 | / |
| Vekonina | 75 | 1 | / |
| Veikkanen | 71 | 143 | / |
| Huiskonen | 71 | 103 | / |
| Vechkunin | 71 | 42 | / |
| Huikkonen | 71 | 42 | / |
| Vikonienė | 71 | 42 | / |
| Waihkonen | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bykonen | 67 | 138 | / |
| Wakonen | 67 | 15 | / |
| Bekonyn | 67 | 5 | / |
| Vikanen | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bekonin | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vackonienė | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vakonin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vikonin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Waihkonnen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vokonin | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Vehkonen
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