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kivela Name Meaning and History

Finnish (Kivelä): from kivi ‘stone’ + the local ending -la, -lä, originally a habitational name from a farmstead so named. It was also adopted during the name conversion movement in the 19th and early 20th centuries by Finns with Swedish surnames, especially those formed with Swedish sten ‘stone’, such as Stenvall, Stenroos, and Stenberg.

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Distribution of kivela Families in the US in 1920
Number of kivela families
 7-11
 3-6
 1-2
 0
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