Yrjölä is a Finnish surname.
Geographical distribution As of 2014, 96.8% of all known bearers of the surname Yrjölä were residents of Finland (frequency 1:5,394), 1.7% of Sweden (1:547,042) and 1.1% of Estonia (1:110,139).
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:5,394) in the following regions:Yrjölä surname distribution Kymenlaakso (1:904) Päijänne Tavastia (1:2,241) Pirkanmaa (1:2,258) Tavastia Proper (1:4,286) Uusimaa (1:4,777)
People Eero Yrjölä (1925–2010), Finnish diplomat Iivari Yrjölä (1899–1985), Finnish athlete Lassi Yrjölä (born 1994), Finnish ice hockey player Matti Yrjölä (born 1938), Finnish shot putter Paavo Yrjölä (1902–1980), Finnish track and field athlete Siiri Yrjölä (born 2004), Finnish ice hockey player Tuula Yrjölä, Finnish diplomat
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