Himanka
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Hima- + -nka; of the same origin as the surname Himanen.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Himanka
- A former municipality in North Ostrobothnia, Finland; now part of Kalajoki.
- A village in the municipality of Kalajoki.
- a Finnish surname
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Himanka (Kotus type 9*G/kala, nk-ng gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Himanka | Himangat | ||
genitive | Himangan | Himankojen | ||
partitive | Himankaa | Himankoja | ||
illative | Himankaan | Himankoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Himanka | Himangat | ||
accusative | nom. | Himanka | Himangat | |
gen. | Himangan | |||
genitive | Himangan | Himankojen Himankainrare | ||
partitive | Himankaa | Himankoja | ||
inessive | Himangassa | Himangoissa | ||
elative | Himangasta | Himangoista | ||
illative | Himankaan | Himankoihin | ||
adessive | Himangalla | Himangoilla | ||
ablative | Himangalta | Himangoilta | ||
allative | Himangalle | Himangoille | ||
essive | Himankana | Himankoina | ||
translative | Himangaksi | Himangoiksi | ||
abessive | Himangatta | Himangoitta | ||
instructive | — | Himangoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Himanka" is Himangalla.
Statistics[edit]
- Himanka is the 2253rd (tied with 2 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 364 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References[edit]
- ^ Sirkka Paikkala, editor (2007), Suomalainen paikannimikirja [Book of Finnish Place names] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Karttakeskus, Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus, →ISBN