English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Finnish Koskela.

Proper noun

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Koskela (plural Koskelas)

  1. A surname from Finnish.

Statistics

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  • 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.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkoskelɑ/, [ˈko̞s̠k̟e̞lɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -oskelɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): Kos‧ke‧la

Proper noun

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Koskela

  1. a Finnish surname from landscape
  2. Any of a number of small places in Finland.
    1. A neighborhood of Helsinki

Declension

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Inflection of Koskela (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
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
Koskelain rare
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.
Possessive forms of Koskela (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Koskelani Koskelani
accusative nom. Koskelani Koskelani
gen. Koskelani
genitive Koskelani Koskeloideni
Koskeloitteni
Koskelaini rare
partitive Koskelaani Koskeloitani
inessive Koskelassani Koskeloissani
elative Koskelastani Koskeloistani
illative Koskelaani Koskeloihini
adessive Koskelallani Koskeloillani
ablative Koskelaltani Koskeloiltani
allative Koskelalleni Koskeloilleni
essive Koskelanani Koskeloinani
translative Koskelakseni Koskeloikseni
abessive Koskelattani Koskeloittani
instructive
comitative Koskeloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Koskelasi Koskelasi
accusative nom. Koskelasi Koskelasi
gen. Koskelasi
genitive Koskelasi Koskeloidesi
Koskeloittesi
Koskelaisi rare
partitive Koskelaasi Koskeloitasi
inessive Koskelassasi Koskeloissasi
elative Koskelastasi Koskeloistasi
illative Koskelaasi Koskeloihisi
adessive Koskelallasi Koskeloillasi
ablative Koskelaltasi Koskeloiltasi
allative Koskelallesi Koskeloillesi
essive Koskelanasi Koskeloinasi
translative Koskelaksesi Koskeloiksesi
abessive Koskelattasi Koskeloittasi
instructive
comitative Koskeloinesi

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location.

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Statistics

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  • 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.

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