Rantala Explained

Rantala is a Finnish surname.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 85.7% of all known bearers of the surname Rantala were residents of Finland, 5.1% of the United States, 3.4% in Sweden, 1.1% of Canada and 1.1% of Estonia.

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:628) in the following regions:^[1]

• 1. South Ostrobothnia (1:262)
• 2. Satakunta (1:310)
• 3. Pirkanmaa (1:378)
• 4. Kymenlaakso (1:452)
• 5. Southwest Finland (1:488)
• 6. Central Ostrobothnia (1:507)
• 7. Päijänne Tavastia (1:537)
• 8. Tavastia Proper (1:543)

People

• Eero Rantala (1941–2019), Finnish politician
• Harri J. Rantala (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 (born 1974), Finnish journalist, best known from travelling series Madventures

See also

• Rantala incident, 7-year-old child with Russian-Finnish dual citizenship taken by the Finnish social service to a children's shelter in 2010

Notes and References

1. http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/rantala#surnames Rantala surname distribution