Suomalainen
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Finnish, of or relating to Finland
/suo̯mɑlɑi̯nen/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Suomalainen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country.
- FIFinland1 in 771(measured from records)
- EEEstonia≈1 in 50K
- SESweden1 in 189K
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)
- Sources
- 65 (measured from records)
- 1 in 771 (inferred from the name graph)
7,227 people
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Finnish, of or relating to Finland
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Suomalainen 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | #243 | 7,227 | 1 in 771 | 7.2K | Suomalainen | 65 |
| SE Sweden | — | 54 | 1 in 189K | 54 | Suomalainen | 16 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈25 est. | ≈1 in 50K | 11 | Suomalainen | 8 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈19 est. | ≈1 in 1.3M | — | Suomalainen | 26 |
| US United States | — | ≈17 est. | ≈1 in 19M | — | Suomalainen | 27 |
| NO Norway | — | 6 | 1 in 911K | 6 | — | 3 |
7,227 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); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Aapeli Suomalainenb. 1866FIFinnish politician (1866-1932)
- Juho Suomalainenb. 1868FIFinnish politician
- Esko Suomalainenb. 1910FIFinnish entomologist
- Kari Suomalainenb. 1920FIFinnish political cartoonist
- Maaria Eirab. 1924FInot in their usual nameFinnish opera singer and film actor (1924–1999)
- Timo Suomalainenb. 1928FIFinnish architect (1928–2021)
- Tuomo Suomalainenb. 1931FIFinnish architect (1931–1988)
- Lippe Suomalainenb. 1931FIFinnish writer, singer and actress
- Jouko Suomalainenb. 1949FIFinnish association football player
- Piia Suomalainenb. 1984FIFinnish female tennis player
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 7.2K | #247 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 3.1K | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 54 | #11,944 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 11 | #9,781 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 9 | #11,900 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 6 | #66,589 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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
- What does the name Suomalainen mean, and where does it come from?
- Finnish, of or relating to Finland Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Suomalainen?
- In the etymology graph, Suominen and Suomi are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Suomalainen?
- A machine transcription gives /suo̯mɑlɑi̯nen/ (IPA) for Finnish.
- In which country does Suomalainen have the most bearers?
- In Finland, the national register counted about 7.2 thousand people named Suomalainen, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled suomalainen.
- Where is Suomalainen most common?
- Suomalainen is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 771 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Suomalainen?
- In Finland, the national register counted 7,227 people named Suomalainen, about 1 in 771 residents.
- How common is Suomalainen compared with other names?
- In Finland, Suomalainen is the 243rd most common surname of 94,499 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Suomalainen?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/suomalainenThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Suomalainen” — the 243rd most common surname in Finland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.