Koskela
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Finnish Koskela.
Proper noun
[edit]Koskela (plural Koskelas)
- A surname from Finnish.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Koskela is the 31873rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 724 individuals. Koskela is most common among White (94.2%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Koskela”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 341.
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From koski (“rapids”) + -la. The neighborhood in Helsinki is named after the rapids of the river Vantaa located in the area; the Swedish name Forsby is older than the Finnish name, as is common for places in Helsinki.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Koskela
- a Finnish surname from landscape
- Any of a number of small places in Finland.
- A neighborhood of Helsinki
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Koskela (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Koskela | Koskelat | |
genitive | Koskelan | Koskeloiden Koskeloitten | |
partitive | Koskelaa | Koskeloita | |
illative | Koskelaan | Koskeloihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Koskela | Koskelat | |
accusative | nom. | Koskela | Koskelat |
gen. | Koskelan | ||
genitive | Koskelan | Koskeloiden Koskeloitten Koskelain rare | |
partitive | Koskelaa | Koskeloita | |
inessive | Koskelassa | Koskeloissa | |
elative | Koskelasta | Koskeloista | |
illative | Koskelaan | Koskeloihin | |
adessive | Koskelalla | Koskeloilla | |
ablative | Koskelalta | Koskeloilta | |
allative | Koskelalle | Koskeloille | |
essive | Koskelana | Koskeloina | |
translative | Koskelaksi | Koskeloiksi | |
abessive | Koskelatta | Koskeloitta | |
instructive | — | Koskeloin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location.
Related terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- Koskela is the 64th most common surname in Finland, belonging to 7,580 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Finnish
- English terms derived from Finnish
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Finnish
- Finnish terms suffixed with -la (toponym)
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/oskelɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/oskelɑ/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish surnames
- fi:Places in Helsinki
- fi:Places in Uusimaa, Finland
- fi:Places in Finland
- Finnish kulkija-type nominals
- fi:Villages