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The heikkila Surname

heikkila Name Meaning and History

Finnish (Heikkilä): from the personal name Heikki (derived from German Heinrich; see Henry) + the local ending -la, denoting someone from a household headed by someone called Heikki. This personal name was very popular during the Middle Ages, St. Henry being the patron saint of Finland.

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Distribution of heikkila Families in the US in 1920
Number of heikkila families
 22-42
 8-21
 1-7
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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