The kinnunen Surname

kinnunen Name Meaning and History

Finnish: of uncertain origin. Possibly a derivative of Swedish skinn ‘(animal) skin’ + the common surname Finnish suffix -nen. This is a common name in the east-central region of Finland, particularly in Kainuu.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The kinnunen name in History

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kinnunen Family Facts

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Distribution of kinnunen Families in the US in 1920

Number of kinnunen families

10-18

4-9

1-3

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Thread	Author	Replies
Kinnunen's in Kivijarvi, Finland/Michigan	kerspame	5
Kinnunen , Kivijarvi, Finland	Erkki Paivarinta	1
John/Johannes Kinnunen	jtonn	15
Kinnunen	Lore49	4
Kinnunen, Piispanen, Hanninen, from Kivijarvi Finland	BarbaraBN	0
Kinnunen in Kivijarvi......	perhe_paivarinta	3
Giles Kinnunen	Erkki_Paivarinta	0
Sophie Kinnunen	hollylampi1	0
Kinnunen Ristijarvi	Rachel0275	0
Kinnunen name	TPerzan	0

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