Frequency: (262)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Finnish: variant of Aho, with the addition of the local suffix -la.
GIVEN NAMES: Finnish 9%; German 4%; Scandinavian 4%. Veikko (2), Kimmo, Kori, Martti, Reino, Tauno, Teuvo, Urho, Vesa, Vilho; Fritz, Kurt; Alvar, Gunhild, Jalmer.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
