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:Rantala surname distribution South Ostrobothnia (1:262) Satakunta (1:310) Pirkanmaa (1:378) Kymenlaakso (1:452) Southwest Finland (1:488) Central Ostrobothnia (1:507) Päijänne Tavastia (1:537) 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
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