The joki Surname
joki Name Meaning and History
Finnish: topographic name from joki ‘river’. During the name
conversion movement in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Joki was
adopted as a replacement by Finns with Swedish surnames, especially
those containing Swedish ström ‘river’. In some cases it
may have been adopted as a topographic name by someone who lived by a
river.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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