Viitanen Surname
Approximately 5,907 people bear this surname
Viitanen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 5,576 | 1:986 | 125 |
| Sweden | 159 | 1:61,929 | 4,741 |
| Estonia | 54 | 1:24,478 | 4,454 |
| United States | 28 | 1:12,944,962 | 483,512 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Viitanen Demographics
Average Viitanen Salary in
United States
$49,882 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Viitanen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Viitanen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Viitanen is held by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Viitanen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 82,092nd most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,233,714 people. The last name Viitanen is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Viitanen live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name Viitanen is most widely held in Finland, where it is carried by 5,576 people, or 1 in 986. In Finland Viitanen is primarily found in: Pirkanmaa, where 24 percent reside, Uusimaa, where 24 percent reside and Southwest Finland, where 11 percent reside. Barring Finland this surname exists in 22 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 3 percent reside and Estonia, where 1 percent reside.
Viitanen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Viitanen are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Viitanen earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 23.98% less than the national average, earning 263,081 kr per year; in United States they earn 15.6% more than the national average, earning $49,882 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.19% less than the national average, earning $48,099 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Viitanen
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis