Korhonen
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Finnish Korhonen.
Proper noun
Korhonen (plural Korhonens)
- A surname from Finnish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Korhonen is the 34835th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 648 individuals. Korhonen is most common among White (94.29%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Korhonen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 338.
Finnish
Etymology
korho (“hard of hearing, deaf; sturdy, hulking; proud; (of hair) frizzy”) + -nen, through the former word's use as a byname/nickname. Originally an eastern Finnish, Savonian-Karelian surname. First recorded in the Middle Ages.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Korhonen
- a Finnish surname transferred from the nickname
Declension
| Inflection of Korhonen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Korhonen | Korhoset | |
| genitive | Korhosen | Korhosten Korhosien | |
| partitive | Korhosta | Korhosia | |
| illative | Korhoseen | Korhosiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Korhonen | Korhoset | |
| accusative | nom. | Korhonen | Korhoset |
| gen. | Korhosen | ||
| genitive | Korhosen | Korhosten Korhosien | |
| partitive | Korhosta | Korhosia | |
| inessive | Korhosessa | Korhosissa | |
| elative | Korhosesta | Korhosista | |
| illative | Korhoseen | Korhosiin | |
| adessive | Korhosella | Korhosilla | |
| ablative | Korhoselta | Korhosilta | |
| allative | Korhoselle | Korhosille | |
| essive | Korhosena | Korhosina | |
| translative | Korhoseksi | Korhosiksi | |
| abessive | Korhosetta | Korhositta | |
| instructive | — | Korhosin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Related terms
Statistics
- Korhonen is the most common surname in Finland, belonging to 21,882 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.