Ponkala
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Sami (compare Northern Sami buokŋa) or akin to Punkka + -la.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ponkala
- a Finnish surname
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Ponkala (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Ponkala | Ponkalat | |
genitive | Ponkalan | Ponkaloiden Ponkaloitten | |
partitive | Ponkalaa | Ponkaloita | |
illative | Ponkalaan | Ponkaloihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Ponkala | Ponkalat | |
accusative | nom. | Ponkala | Ponkalat |
gen. | Ponkalan | ||
genitive | Ponkalan | Ponkaloiden Ponkaloitten Ponkalain rare | |
partitive | Ponkalaa | Ponkaloita | |
inessive | Ponkalassa | Ponkaloissa | |
elative | Ponkalasta | Ponkaloista | |
illative | Ponkalaan | Ponkaloihin | |
adessive | Ponkalalla | Ponkaloilla | |
ablative | Ponkalalta | Ponkaloilta | |
allative | Ponkalalle | Ponkaloille | |
essive | Ponkalana | Ponkaloina | |
translative | Ponkalaksi | Ponkaloiksi | |
abessive | Ponkalatta | Ponkaloitta | |
instructive | — | Ponkaloin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
[edit]- Ponkala is the 5261st (tied with 32 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 135 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.