Korhonen

Borrowed from Finnish Korhonen.

Korhonen (plural Korhonens)

1. A surname from Finnish.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Korhonen is the 34835^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 648 individuals. Korhonen is most common among White (94.29%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Korhonen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 338.

Originally eastern Finnish, Savo-Karelian Savo Finnish (Savonian dialect of Finnish) surname, possibly from an archaic/dialectal nickname korho (“hard of hearing, deaf”) +‎ -nen or dialectal korho (“proud, rich, upright”). First recorded in the Middle Ages.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkorhonen/, [ˈko̞rho̞ne̞n]
• Rhymes: -orhonen
• Syllabification^(key): Kor‧ho‧nen

Korhonen

1. a common surname transferred from the nickname. In 2010, the second most common in Finland (barely behind Virtanen, and ahead of Nieminen).[1]

• Korhola