Virkunen Surname

1,504,764th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 139 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Estonia
Highest density in:
Estonia

Virkunen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Virkunen Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Estonia541:24,4784,454
Russia501:2,882,461158,532
Finland331:166,56714,872
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Russia

Virkunen Demographics

Virkunen Religious Adherence
in Russia

Sample size: 5 (2016)

Religious Adherence
in Russia

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Virkunen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Virkunen (Russian: Виркунен) is most common in Estonia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Virkunen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,504,764th most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 52,428,388 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Virkunen live; 64 percent live in Northern Europe and 40 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Estonia, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 24,478. Without taking into account Estonia Virkunen exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 36 percent are found and Finland, where 24 percent are found.

Virkunen Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Virkunen surname is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Virkkunen941,382/
Virkkuinen891/
Verkunen887/
Virkonen887/
Virkunin884/
Wirkkunen8226/
Virkkonen823/
Wirkunnen822/
Virkunina821/
Verkkonen7125/
Vyrkunyna711/
Werkkonen596/
Verkhonin592/
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Virkunen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Virkunen in the Russian language
Виркуненvirkunen-

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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 Virkunen
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