Viitanen is a Finnish surname.
Geographical distribution As of 2014, 94.5% of all known bearers of the surname Viitanen were residents of Finland (frequency 1:986) and 2.7% of Sweden (1:61,929).
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:986) in the following regions:Viitanen surname distribution Pirkanmaa (1:365) Satakunta (1:401) Tavastia Proper (1:526) Southwest Finland (1:796) Central Finland (1:875) South Ostrobothnia (1:960)
People Arvo Viitanen (1924–1999), Finnish cross-country skier Mikko Viitanen (born 1982), Finnish ice hockey player Pia Viitanen (born 1967), Finnish politician
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