Viitasalo Surname

562,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 563 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Viitasalo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Viitasalo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland5441:10,1041,571
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Viitasalo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Viitasalo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Viitasalo is more commonly found in Finland than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Viitasalo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 562,869th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 12,944,131 people. Viitasalo occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Viitasalo live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Finland, where it is carried by 544 people, or 1 in 10,104. In Finland it is most frequent in: Pirkanmaa, where 20 percent live, Uusimaa, where 15 percent live and Satakunta, where 13 percent live. Besides Finland this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 2 percent live and Norway, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Viiitasalo951/
Viitsalo946/
Vitasalo944/
Wiitasalo896/
Viitasolo891/
Vitasolo82140/
Vitasulo8211/
Viitasola788/
Vetsalo75137/
Vatasal7517/
Vitsala7510/
Vitsolo751/
Fitsalou7138/
Vatsaloo7122/
Vidasolo7113/
Vetasolo7111/
Fitsaylo719/
Vitazolo713/
Vitasola713/
Vatasaal711/
Vitseale711/
Vatasale711/
Vatsal67843/
Vetsal6744/
Vatslo6731/
Fitsal679/
Vadiisala673/
Vito Saly671/
Vitzal671/
Vatasalya671/

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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 Viitasalo
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