Järvi

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Järvi is a Finnish surname and also the Finnish word for lake.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 88.2% of all known bearers of the surname Järvi were residents of Finland, 6.1% of Sweden and 5.1% of Estonia.

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,424) in the following regions:^[1]

• 1. Central Ostrobothnia (1:625)
• 2. Southern Ostrobothnia (1:975)
• 3. Tavastia Proper (1:1,211)
• 4. Southwest Finland (1:1,277)
• 5. Pirkanmaa (1:1,694)
• 6. Satakunta (1:2,014)
• 7. Uusimaa (1:2,326)

People

• Iiro Järvi (born 1965), Finnish ice hockey player
• Neeme Järvi (born 1937), Estonian-born U.S. conductor
  • Paavo Järvi (born 1962), Estonian-American conductor
  • Kristjan Järvi (born 1972), Estonian-American conductor
• Jyrki Järvi (born 1966), Finnish sailor, Olympic champion
• Raivo Järvi (1954-2012), aka Onu Raivo, Estonian artist, radio personality, politician
• Sami Järvi (Sam Lake) (born 1970), a Finnish writer, Max Payne video game series

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