Ylkänen Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Ylkänen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 73 | 1:75,297 | 8,270 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
The alternate forms: Ylkanen (14) are calculated separately.
Ylkänen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ylkänen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ylkänen is found in Finland more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Ylkanen. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ylkänen.
How Common Is The Last Name Ylkänen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,152,526th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 94,643,453 people. The last name Ylkänen is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Ylkänen are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The surname Ylkänen is most widespread in Finland, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 75,297. In Finland it is most frequent in: Southern Ostrobothnia, where 23 percent are found, Uusimaa, where 23 percent are found and Central Finland, where 18 percent are found. Other than Finland this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 4 percent are found and Czechia, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Ylkänen
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