Vähä Surname
Approximately 362 people bear this surname
Vähä Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 328 | 1:16,758 | 2,408 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
The alternate forms: Vaha (2,247) & Váha (12) are calculated separately.
Vähä Demographics
Average Vähä Salary in
Norway
418,085 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
Vähä Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vähä Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vähä is more commonly found in Finland than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Vaha or Váha. For other potential spellings of Vähä click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vähä? popularity and diffusion
It is the 781,947th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 20,131,342 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Vähä reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in Scandinavia.
This surname is most widely held in Finland, where it is borne by 328 people, or 1 in 16,758. In Finland Vähä is most numerous in: Lapland, where 42 percent are found, Northern Ostrobothnia, where 39 percent are found and Uusimaa, where 5 percent are found. Barring Finland Vähä is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 6 percent are found and Norway, where 2 percent are found.
Vähä Last Name Statistics demography
Vähä earn notably more than the average income. In Norway they earn 20.81% more than the national average, earning 418,085 kr per year.
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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 Vähä
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