Viitanen Surname

82,092nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,907 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Viitanen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Viitanen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland5,5761:986125
Sweden1591:61,9294,741
Estonia541:24,4784,454
United States281:12,944,962483,512
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Denmark161:352,79524,706
England141:3,979,861125,553
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Norway91:571,36544,190
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Viittanen9431/
Viitatnen941/
Wiitanen88360/
Vietanen8827/
Vyitanen882/
Wiitanenn822/
Wiitannen821/
Väätainen711/
Väätänen63275/
Väättänen5917/

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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
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  • 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
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