Jarvela

surname · Latin script

Meaning: topographic name from jdrvi ‘lake’ + the local suffix -la

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/jɑɹvɛɫə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Jarvela is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FIFinland1 in 1K(measured from records)
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 18K
  • SESweden1 in 105K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Finland (measured from records)

5,430 people

Sources
41 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Järvelä in FI Finland, SE Sweden and Järvela in EE Estonia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

topographic name from jdrvi ‘lake’ + the local suffix -la. This was dso commonly adopted as an ornamental name during the name conversion movement at the beginning of the twentieth century. It occurs throughout Finland.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jarvela counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Jarvela is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FI Finland#5505,4301 in 1K5.4KJärvelä31
US United States—2771 in 1.2M286Jarvela41
BR Brazil—≈110 est.≈1 in 1.9M—Jarvela2
SE Sweden—971 in 105K97Järvelä9
EE Estonia—≈69 est.≈1 in 18KlistedJärvela7
GB United Kingdom—≈46 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Jarvela6

5,430 people counted by DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jarvela is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Finland, Australia, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Järvelä, Jaervelae, Järvela, Jaervela

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Järvela, Järvelä

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland, United States

    Also written Järvelä

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Finland, United States

    Also written Järvelä

  • Swedish surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland, Sweden

    Languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

    Also written Järvelä

  • Korean surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Järvelä, Järvela

26 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Jarvela,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Jarvela
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020286#73,107
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010277#70,645
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000251#72,237
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Jarvela come from?
topographic name from jdrvi ‘lake’ + the local suffix -la. This was dso commonly adopted as an ornamental name during the name conversion movement at the beginning of the twentieth century. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Jarvela?
A machine transcription gives /jɑɹvɛɫə/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Jarvela mean?
Recorded meaning: topographic name from jdrvi ‘lake’ + the local suffix -la.
In which country does Jarvela have the most bearers?
In Finland, the national register counted about 5.4 thousand people named Jarvela, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled järvelä.
Where is Jarvela most common?
Jarvela is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.0 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Jarvela?
In Finland, the national register counted 5,430 people named Jarvela, about 1 in 1.0 thousand residents.
How common is Jarvela compared with other names?
In Finland, Jarvela is the 550th most common surname of 94,499 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jarvela” — the 550th most common surname in Finland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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