Frequency: (108)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Finnish: ethnic name from Finnish Suomi ‘Finland’. At one time this term denoted only southwestern Finland, but nowadays it is the national name for the whole of Finland. As a surname it is mostly an adopted name during the names conversion movement at the beginning of the 20th century.
GIVEN NAMES: Finnish 12%. Eino (2), Antti, Arvo, Martti, Niilo.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
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