Laakso

Borrowed from Finnish Laakso.

Laakso (plural Laaksos)

1. A surname from Finnish.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Laakso is the 36788^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 607 individuals. Laakso is most common among White (95.55%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Laakso”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 373.

From laakso (“valley”). The surname is sometimes transferred from place names, but most families chose it at the turn of the 20th century because of its meaning.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːkso/, [ˈlɑ̝ːks̠o̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑːkso
• Syllabification^(key): Laak‧so

Laakso

1. a Finnish surname from landscape
2. Any of a number of small places in Finland.
   1. A neighborhood of Helsinki

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location.

• Laaksonen

• Laakso is the 48^th most common surname in Finland, belonging to 8,630 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Laakso (täsmennyssivu) on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fi

• Askola, alokas, loksaa, loskaa