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
  • IPA(key): /ˈkorhonen/, [ˈko̞rho̞ne̞n]

Proper noun

Korhonen

  1. A common surname​. 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)
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
instructive — Korhosin
abessive Korhosetta Korhositta
comitative — Korhosineen

References
  1. "Most common surnames", Finnish Population Register Center (English version), verkkopalvelut.vrk.fi/Nimipalvelu, as of March 2010.
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