The kantola Surname
kantola Name Meaning and History
Finnish: from kanto, kanta ‘stump’, ‘base’ + the
local suffix -la, applied originally as a topographic name or a
habitational name from a farm so named. Later, during the name
conversion movement of the 19th and early 20th centuries, it was
adopted as an ornamental name by Finns bearing Swedish
surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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