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]
- 1. South Ostrobothnia (1:235)
- 2. Central Ostrobothnia (1:246)
- 3. Southwest Finland (1:411)
- 4. Ostrobothnia (1:475)
- 5. Pirkanmaa (1:503)
- 6. Satakunta (1:563)
- 7. Tavastia Proper (1:576)
- 8. Päijänne Tavastia (1:665)
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 (1928–2023), 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 (1925–2018), Finnish shot putter
- Milla Saari (born 1975), Finnish cross country skier
- Mohd Fadzli Saari (born 1983), Malaysian footballer and coach
- Per Saari (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
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