Ylkanen Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Finland

Ylkanen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ylkanen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

The alternate forms: Ylkänen (77) are calculated separately.

Ylkanen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ylkanen is found most frequently in The United States. It can appear as: Ylkänen. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ylkanen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Ylkanen live; 86 percent live in North America and 86 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Ylkanen is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 30,204,911. In The United States Ylkanen is most prevalent in: Michigan, where 58 percent are found, Minnesota, where 25 percent are found and Arizona, where 17 percent are found. Beside The United States Ylkanen is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 7 percent are found and Finland, where 7 percent are found.

Ylkanen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ylkanen surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 80% being registered with the political party.

Ylkanen earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.24% more than the national average, earning $54,038 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ylkänen9577/
Ylkanyn867/
Ylkanyna801/
Ilkonen712/
Elkenen711/
Hilkkonen632/
Elkonin5738/
Elkonyn574/
Elcanin571/
Elkenin571/

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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 Ylkanen
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