Saari (name)

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Saari is a Finnish surname (meaning island) and a Malaysian patronymic name.

Geographical distribution[]

As of 2014, 52.8% of all known bearers of the surname Saari were residents of Finland (frequency 1:672), 24.7% of the United States (1:27,582), 8.5% of Malaysia (1:22,083), 3.2% of Canada (1:73,892), 2.7% of Sweden (1:23,557), 2.6% of Indonesia (1:327,349) and 1.8% of Thailand (1:254,526).

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:672) in the following regions:[1]

People[]

  • Abdul Halim Saari (born 1994), Malaysian football midfielder
  • Arto Saari (born 1981), Finnish skateboarder and photographer
  • Chris Saari (born 1962), American association football midfielder
  • Donald G. Saari (born 1940), American mathematician
  • Eero Saari (born 1928), Finnish ice hockey player
  • Ernst Saari (1882–1918), Finnish farmer and politician
  • Faizal Saari (born 1991), Malaysian field hockey player
  • Fitri Saari (born 1993), Malaysian field hockey player, brother of Faizal
  • Heikki Saari (born 1984), Finnish drummer
  • Henn Saari (1924–1999), Estonian linguist
  • Henry Saari (born 1964), Finnish actor, director and porn star
  • Irina Saari (born 1975), Finnish singer
  • Jaakko Saari (born 1957), Finnish judoka
  • Jarmo Saari, Finnish a guitarist, composer and producer
  • Kirsikka Saari (born 1973), Finnish film maker and screenwriter
  • Kyllikki Saari (1935–1953), Finnish homicide victim
  • Lauri Saari (1888–1953), Finnish painter
  • Maija Saari (born 1986), Finnish football defender
  • Matti Saari (disambiguation) – multiple people
  • Mattias Saari (born 1994), Swedish ice hockey player
  • Meeri Saari (born 1925), Finnish shot putter
  • Milla Saari (born 1975), Finnish cross country skier
  • Mohd Fadzli Saari (born 1983), Malaysian footballer and coach
  • (born 1975), American film executive producer and Emmy winner for the limited series Big Little Lies (2017)
  • Þór Saari (born 1960), member of the Icelandic parliament
  • Rami Saari (born 1963), Israeli poet, translator, linguist and literary critic
  • Ray Saari (born 1995), American association football player
  • Roy Saari (1945–2008), American swimmer
  • Saila Saari (born 1989), Finnish ice hockey player
  • Sami Saari (born 1962), Finnish soul musician
  • Sanna-Kaisa Saari (born 1987), Swedish-Finnish beauty pageant titleholder
  • Santeri Saari (born 1994), Finnish ice hockey defenceman
  • Wilho Saari, Finnish American player of the kantele, the Finnish psaltery
  • Wimme Saari (born 1959), Finnish Sami musician
  • U-Wei Haji Saari (born 1954), Malaysian film director

References[]

  1. ^ Saari surname distribution
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