Vittaniemi Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Vittaniemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 111 | 1:49,520 | 5,996 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
Vittaniemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vittaniemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vittaniemi is carried by more people in Finland than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vittaniemi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Vittaniemi is the 1,596,935th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Vittaniemi reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname is most widely held in Finland, where it is held by 111 people, or 1 in 49,520. In Finland Vittaniemi is most numerous in: Lapland, where 35 percent live, Northern Ostrobothnia, where 27 percent live and Uusimaa, where 21 percent live. Not including Finland this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vitaniemi | 95 | 45 | / |
| Viitaniemi | 90 | 745 | / |
| Vihtaniemi | 90 | 7 | / |
| Wittaniemi | 90 | 7 | / |
| Vitniemi | 89 | 1 | / |
| Vaittiniemi | 86 | 13 | / |
| Vaitniemi | 84 | 6 | / |
| Vitoniemi | 84 | 1 | / |
| Vaitiniemi | 80 | 90 | / |
| Vattuniemi | 80 | 7 | / |
| Vittanam | 78 | 1 | / |
| Vettenniemi | 76 | 20 | / |
| Vetoniemi | 74 | 66 | / |
| Vuohtoniemi | 67 | 113 | / |
| Vaahtoniemi | 67 | 47 | / |
| Faitanim | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vatanami | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fttanami | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fitenimi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Veitanhimer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Veitenheime | 57 | 1 | / |
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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 Vittaniemi
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