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ojala Name Meaning and History

Finnish: from oja ‘ditch’, ‘channel’ + the local suffix -la, a habitational name from any of the numerous farms so named throughout Finland, early settlement of the country having been concentrated along waterways. The oldest record of the family name is from the 15th century.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of ojala Families in the US in 1920
Number of ojala families
 16-29
 6-15		 1-5
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 29 - Messages: 96
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Hulda Alma(Allina) Ojala (married Pekka(Elias) Petter Hallikainen Karen 3
Ojala ancestry from Vaasa Finland hp.mogensen 25
Ojala/Hirvaskari janand72 7
Ojala/Myers Debbie Frady 0
Ojala Bill Margot 2
Ojala Family from Kemijärvi, Lappland A.Ojala 0
surname Ojala or OJala? karenlee1225 4
John Ojala married to Elisabeth Jylkka LindaSpear500 4
Nathan Ojala - Seattle kennethaschade 0
looking for helen ojala birthmother rogerc99 0
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