Frequency: (884)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Finnish: from lahti ‘bay’, ‘cove’, generally an ornamental name that was frequently adopted during the name conversion movement in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is particularly common in southwestern Finland.
GIVEN NAMES: Finnish 10%. Eino (7), Toivo (7), Arvo (5), Reino (3), Waino (3), Jukka (2), Aarre, Esko, Jorma, Martti, Mikko, Sulo.
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