Heikkilä is a surname originating in Finland.[1] The name is derived from Heikki, the Finnish equivalent of the Scandinavian name Henrik and the Germanic Henry, plus the suffix -lä, a patronymic indicating a child of a household headed by a man named Heikki. Among Finnish immigrants to North America, the name was sometimes Anglicized as Heikkila.[1]
Geographical distribution
editAs of 2014, 95.2% of all known bearers of the surname Heikkilä were residents of Finland and 3.6% of Sweden.
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:378) in the following regions:[2]
- 1. Lapland (1:208)
- 2. North Ostrobothnia (1:215)
- 3. Tavastia Proper (1:239)
- 4. Kymenlaakso (1:243)
- 5. Pirkanmaa (1:265)
- 6. Central Ostrobothnia (1:266)
- 7. Southwest Finland (1:271)
- 8. South Ostrobothnia (1:278)
- 9. Satakunta (1:279)
Notable people
edit- Jukka M. Heikkilä (born 1966), Finnish author
- Jussi Heikkilä (born 1983), Finnish hurdler
- Kari Heikkilä (born 1960), Finnish ice hockey skater
- Lasse Heikkilä (born 1934), Finnish ice hockey skater
- Marja Heikkilä (born 1977), Finnish freestyle swimmer
- Samu Heikkilä (born 1971), Finnish film editor
- Tapio Heikkilä (born 1990), Finnish football player
References
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