Korhonen
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Finnish Korhonen.
Proper noun
Korhonen (plural Korhonens)
- A surname from Finnish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Korhonen is the 34835th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 648 individuals. Korhonen is most common among White (94.29%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Korhonen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 338.
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]
- Rhymes: -orhonen
- Syllabification(key): Kor‧ho‧nen
Proper noun
Korhonen
- a common surname transferred from the nickname. 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 | |
| Possessive forms of Korhonen (type nainen) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Korhoseni | Korhosemme |
| 2nd person | Korhosesi | Korhosenne |
| 3rd person | Korhosensa | |
Related terms
- Korhola
References
- "Most common surnames", Finnish Population Register Center (English version), verkkopalvelut.vrk.fi/Nimipalvelu, as of March 2010.