Vihko Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Vihko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 119 | 1:46,191 | 5,676 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Vihko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vihko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vihko occurs most in Finland. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Vihko.
How Common Is The Last Name Vihko? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vihko is the 1,596,935th most widespread last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Vihko are found; 94 percent are found in Northern Europe and 94 percent are found in Scandinavia.
This last name is most common in Finland, where it is held by 119 people, or 1 in 46,191. In Finland it is primarily concentrated in: Uusimaa, where 69 percent live, South Karelia, where 8 percent live and Southwest Finland, where 6 percent live. Apart from Finland it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 3 percent live and Belgium, where 2 percent live.
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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 Vihko
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