Korpela
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Finnish Korpela.
Proper noun
Korpela (plural Korpelas)
- A surname from Finnish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Korpela is the 37691st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 590 individuals. Korpela is most common among White (95.25%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Korpela”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 339.
Finnish
Etymology
From korpi (“deep forest”) + -la.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkorpelɑ/, [ˈko̞rpe̞lɑ]
- Rhymes: -orpelɑ
- Syllabification(key): Kor‧pe‧la
Proper noun
Korpela
- a surname from landscape
- Any of a number of small places in Finland.
Declension
| Inflection of Korpela (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Korpela | Korpelat | |
| genitive | Korpelan | Korpeloiden Korpeloitten | |
| partitive | Korpelaa | Korpeloita | |
| illative | Korpelaan | Korpeloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Korpela | Korpelat | |
| accusative | nom. | Korpela | Korpelat |
| gen. | Korpelan | ||
| genitive | Korpelan | Korpeloiden Korpeloitten Korpelainrare | |
| partitive | Korpelaa | Korpeloita | |
| inessive | Korpelassa | Korpeloissa | |
| elative | Korpelasta | Korpeloista | |
| illative | Korpelaan | Korpeloihin | |
| adessive | Korpelalla | Korpeloilla | |
| ablative | Korpelalta | Korpeloilta | |
| allative | Korpelalle | Korpeloille | |
| essive | Korpelana | Korpeloina | |
| translative | Korpelaksi | Korpeloiksi | |
| instructive | — | Korpeloin | |
| abessive | Korpelatta | Korpeloitta | |
| comitative | — | Korpeloineen | |
| Possessive forms of Korpela (type kulkija) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Korpelani | Korpelamme |
| 2nd person | Korpelasi | Korpelanne |
| 3rd person | Korpelansa | |