Surname Sarkanen (Sarkanen 
) , globally, is a very rare last name. The cognomen Sarkanen is habitual in Finland, where it is quite a rare surname, the United Kingdom, where it is an extremely rare surname, and the United States. Much less frequently, Sarkanen is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Sarkanen | Finland, United Kingdom, United States |
| vilho sarkanen FI (b. 1884) |
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| kyösti vilho sarkanen (b. 1921) |
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| sauli sarkanen Finnish poet, FI (b. 1951) |
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| simo sarkanen researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-0861-8740) |
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| tomi sarkanen researcher |
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