Vihelä Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Vihelä Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 117 | 1:46,980 | 5,756 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
The alternate forms: Vihela (3) are calculated separately.
Vihelä Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vihelä Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vihelä is found most frequently in Finland. It may also be found as a variant: Vihela. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vihelä? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vihelä is the 1,604,449th most frequently used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Vihelä live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.
This last name is most widely held in Finland, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 46,980. In Finland it is most frequent in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 67 percent live, Uusimaa, where 9 percent live and South Karelia, where 6 percent live. Besides Finland Vihelä occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 6 percent live and Norway, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vihela | 94 | 3 | / |
| Vihilä | 83 | 20 | / |
| Vihely | 83 | 1 | / |
| Vuihela | 77 | 1 | / |
| Viele | 73 | 1,338 | / |
| Viela | 73 | 622 | / |
| Vieli | 73 | 414 | / |
| Väilä | 73 | 26 | / |
| Viely | 73 | 2 | / |
| Vielj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Viheller | 71 | 0 | / |
| Vielle | 67 | 1,187 | / |
| Vieler | 67 | 733 | / |
| Vehele | 67 | 421 | / |
| Viella | 67 | 181 | / |
| Vähälä | 67 | 171 | / |
| Vielet | 67 | 117 | / |
| Vielee | 67 | 69 | / |
| Uihely | 67 | 56 | / |
| Bihela | 67 | 45 | / |
| Vielli | 67 | 35 | / |
| Vielie | 67 | 33 | / |
| Vieley | 67 | 29 | / |
| Biheli | 67 | 13 | / |
| Viechelli | 67 | 10 | / |
| Vielly | 67 | 9 | / |
| Bihele | 67 | 9 | / |
| Vieles | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wihela | 67 | 6 | / |
| Vielis | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vielez | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vijela | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vielia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vihile | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vehilä | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wiheli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vyhela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vielei | 67 | 0 | / |
| Viesle | 67 | 0 | / |
| Viehle | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fihely | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Vihelä
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