Kangas
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From kangas (“type of boreal forest”); from the region of Ostrobothnia.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Kangas
- a Finnish surname
Declension edit
Inflection of Kangas (Kotus type 41*G/vieras, nk-ng gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Kangas | Kankaat | ||
genitive | Kankaan | Kankaiden Kankaitten | ||
partitive | Kangasta | Kankaita | ||
illative | Kankaaseen | Kankaisiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Kangas | Kankaat | ||
accusative | nom. | Kangas | Kankaat | |
gen. | Kankaan | |||
genitive | Kankaan | Kankaiden Kankaitten Kangastenrare | ||
partitive | Kangasta | Kankaita | ||
inessive | Kankaassa | Kankaissa | ||
elative | Kankaasta | Kankaista | ||
illative | Kankaaseen | Kankaisiin Kankaihinrare | ||
adessive | Kankaalla | Kankailla | ||
ablative | Kankaalta | Kankailta | ||
allative | Kankaalle | Kankaille | ||
essive | Kankaana | Kankaina | ||
translative | Kankaaksi | Kankaiksi | ||
abessive | Kankaatta | Kankaitta | ||
instructive | — | Kankain | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- Kangas is the 106th most common surname in Finland, belonging to 5,825 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.