Rantala is a Finnish surname.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 85.7% of all known bearers of the surname ''Rantala'' were residents of

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, 5.1% of the

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, 3.4% in

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, 1.1% of

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and 1.1% of

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. In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:628) in the following regions:Rantala surname distribution
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South Ostrobothnia South Ostrobothnia ( ; ) is one of the 19 regions of Finland. It borders the regions of Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Pirkanmaa, and Satakunta. Among the Finnish regions, South Ostrobothnia is the ninth largest in terms ...

(1:262) * 2.

Satakunta Satakunta (in both Finnish language, Finnish and Swedish language, Swedish, ; historically ''Satacundia'') is a Regions of Finland, region ( / ) of Finland, part of the former Western Finland Province. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland ...

(1:310) * 3.

Pirkanmaa Pirkanmaa (; ; ), also known as ''Tampere Region'' in government documents, is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, South Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Päijät-Häme, Kanta-Häme and Southwest Finland. Most of the wate ...

(1:378) * 4.

Kymenlaakso Kymenlaakso (; ; "Kymi River, Kymi/Kymmene Valley") is a Regions of Finland, region in Finland. It borders the regions of Uusimaa, Päijät-Häme, Southern Savonia, South Savo and South Karelia and Russia (Leningrad Oblast). Its name means lit ...

(1:452) * 5.

Southwest Finland Southwest Finland (, ; ) is a Regions of Finland, region ('','' ) of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, Pirkanmaa, Tavastia Proper, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Uusimaa, and Åland. The regional capital and most populous city is Tu ...

(1:488) * 6.

Central Ostrobothnia Central Ostrobothnia (; ) is a Regions of Finland, region in Finland. Central Ostrobothnia borders the Bothnian Bay and the regions of Ostrobothnia (administrative region), Ostrobothnia, North Ostrobothnia, Central Finland and South Ostrobothnia ...

(1:507) * 7. Päijänne Tavastia (1:537) * 8.

Tavastia Proper Tavastia () or Tavastland may refer to: Regions * Häme (Swedish: ''Tavastland'', Latin: ''Tavastia'') * Tavastia (historical province) Tavastia (; ; ; also called ''Yam'' (Ямь) or ''Yem'' (Емь) in Russian sources) is a historical prov ...

(1:543)

People

* Eero Rantala (1941–2019), Finnish politician *

Harri J. Rantala Harri J. Rantala (born 2 October 1980) is a Finnish film director. He has directed films like ''Kotiinpaluu – Return (2010), Return'' and ''Nurmoo – Shout from the plain''.https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2506070/ IMDb - Internet Movie Database He ...

(born 1980), Finnish film director * Iiro Rantala (born 1970), Finnish jazz pianist * Leif Rantala (1947–2015), Finnish linguist * Lene Rantala (born 1968), Danish team handball player *

Riku Rantala Riku Rantala (born 20 July 1974) is a Finnish journalist, best known from traveling series Madventures. He has also co-written a book, ''Isänmaan asialla - matkaopas syrjäytettyjen Suomeen'' ( Johnny Kniga, 2004), with Ari Lahdenmäki. In 20 ...

(born 1974), Finnish journalist, best known from travelling series Madventures

References

{{surname Finnish-language surnames

Geographical distribution

People

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