Väisänen
# Väisänen

Väisänen is a Finnish surname.

## Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 94.9% of all known bearers of the surname Väisänen were residents of Finland and 3.8% of Sweden.

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:557) in the following regions:

* 1. Kainuu (1:85)
* 2. Southern Savonia (1:153)
* 3. Northern Savonia (1:212)
* 4. North Ostrobothnia (1:332)

## People

* A. O. Väisänen (1890–1969), Finnish scholar of folk music, an ethnographer and ethno-musicologist
* Ilpo Väisänen (born 1963), Finnish electronic musician
* Kalle Väisänen (born 2003), Finnish ice hockey player
* Matti Väisänen (ski-orienteer) (born 1948), Finnish ski-orienteering competitor
* Matti Väisänen (bishop) (born 1934), Finnish former priest and bishop
* Mervi Väisänen (born 1973), Finnish ski-orienteering and mountain bike orienteering competitor
* Sauli Väisänen (born 1994), Finnish footballer
* Ville Väisänen (born 1977), Finnish footballer
