Laitinen
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Finnish Laitinen.
Proper noun edit
Laitinen (plural Laitinens)
- A surname from Finnish.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Laitinen is the 33695th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 676 individuals. Laitinen is most common among White (93.05%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Laitinen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 382.
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Recorded in both western and eastern Finland. Probably from an obsolete form of some Germanic given name (akin to Old High German Letho, Laitu, Ladila, English Leath, Lathall, German Lethe, Old Swedish Ledhe, possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną) + -nen.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Laitinen
- a Finnish surname transferred from the given name
Declension edit
Inflection of Laitinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Laitinen | Laitiset | ||
genitive | Laitisen | Laitisten Laitisien | ||
partitive | Laitista | Laitisia | ||
illative | Laitiseen | Laitisiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Laitinen | Laitiset | ||
accusative | nom. | Laitinen | Laitiset | |
gen. | Laitisen | |||
genitive | Laitisen | Laitisten Laitisien | ||
partitive | Laitista | Laitisia | ||
inessive | Laitisessa | Laitisissa | ||
elative | Laitisesta | Laitisista | ||
illative | Laitiseen | Laitisiin | ||
adessive | Laitisella | Laitisilla | ||
ablative | Laitiselta | Laitisilta | ||
allative | Laitiselle | Laitisille | ||
essive | Laitisena | Laitisina | ||
translative | Laitiseksi | Laitisiksi | ||
abessive | Laitisetta | Laitisitta | ||
instructive | — | Laitisin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Statistics edit
- Laitinen is the 22nd most common surname in Finland, belonging to 12,364 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.