Karjalainen

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Finnish

Etymology

< karjalainen (Karelian)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑrjɑlɑi̯nen/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑinen
  • Hyphenation(key): Kar‧ja‧lai‧nen

Proper noun

Karjalainen

  1. a Finnish surname transferred from the nickname

Declension

Inflection of Karjalainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
nominative Karjalainen Karjalaiset
genitive Karjalaisen Karjalaisten
Karjalaisien
partitive Karjalaista Karjalaisia
illative Karjalaiseen Karjalaisiin
singular plural
nominative Karjalainen Karjalaiset
accusative nom. Karjalainen Karjalaiset
gen. Karjalaisen
genitive Karjalaisen Karjalaisten
Karjalaisien
partitive Karjalaista Karjalaisia
inessive Karjalaisessa Karjalaisissa
elative Karjalaisesta Karjalaisista
illative Karjalaiseen Karjalaisiin
adessive Karjalaisella Karjalaisilla
ablative Karjalaiselta Karjalaisilta
allative Karjalaiselle Karjalaisille
essive Karjalaisena Karjalaisina
translative Karjalaiseksi Karjalaisiksi
abessive Karjalaisetta Karjalaisitta
instructive Karjalaisin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Karjalainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)

Statistics

  • Karjalainen is the 25th most common surname in Finland, belonging to 12,056 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.