Koskela
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 City: 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 Koskelainrare | ||
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.