Väistö Surname
Approximately 652 people bear this surname
Väistö Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 637 | 1:8,629 | 1,349 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Vaisto (54) are calculated separately.
Väistö Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Väistö Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Väistö is found in Finland more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Vaisto. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Väistö? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 503,825th most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 11,177,218 people. Väistö occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Väistö reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.
The surname Väistö is most frequently used in Finland, where it is held by 637 people, or 1 in 8,629. In Finland Väistö is mostly found in: Uusimaa, where 35 percent live, North Karelia, where 31 percent live and Pirkanmaa, where 6 percent live. Apart from Finland it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 2 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.
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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 Väistö
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