Vänskä Surname

273,120th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,424 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Vänskä Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vänskä Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland1,3341:4,120652
Sweden801:123,0848,745
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Vänskä Last Name Facts

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

Vänskä occurs in Finland more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Vänskä.

How Common Is The Last Name Vänskä? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 273,120th most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 5,117,659 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Vänskä are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.

Vänskä is most common in Finland, where it is borne by 1,334 people, or 1 in 4,120. In Finland Vänskä is mostly concentrated in: Uusimaa, where 32 percent are found, North Karelia, where 31 percent are found and Northern Savonia, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Finland it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 6 percent are found and Switzerland, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wänskä831/
Bänskä831/
Vinskär7715/
Venske671,740/
Vinski67829/
Vensky67567/
Vinsky67254/
Venski67237/
Venský6743/
Venská6739/
Vinska6720/
Venska6718/
Venské6713/
Vinská6710/
Vinský6710/
Vinske670/

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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 Vänskä
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