Korhonen
Finnish
Etymology
Originally eastern Finnish, Savo-Karelian Savo Finnish (Savonian dialect of Finnish) surname, possibly from an archaic/dialectal nickname korho (“hard of hearing, deaf”) + -nen or dialectal korho (“proud, rich, upright”). First recorded in the Middle Ages.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Korhonen
- a common surname transferred from the nickname In 2010, the second most common in Finland (barely behind Virtanen, and ahead of Nieminen).[1]
Declension
Inflection of Korhonen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | ||||
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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
References
- ^ "Most common surnames", Finnish Population Register Center (English version), verkkopalvelut.vrk.fi/Nimipalvelu, as of March 2010.