Heikkilä is a surname originating in Finland.Heikkila family history in the United States
/ref> The name is derived from Heikki, the Finnish equivalent of the Scandinavian name Henrik and the Germanic Henry, plus the suffix '' -lä'', a patronymic indicating a child of a household headed by a man named Heikki. Among Finnish immigrants to North America, the name was sometimes Anglicized as Heikkila.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 95.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Heikkilä'' were residents of Finland and 3.6% of

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

. In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:378) in the following regions:Heikkilä surname distribution
/ref> * 1.

Lapland Lapland may refer to: Places *Lapland or Sápmi, an ethno-cultural region stretching over northern Fennoscandia (parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia) **Lapland (Finland) (''Lappi''/''Lappland''), a Finnish region *** Lapland (former pr ...

(1:208) * 2. North Ostrobothnia (1:215) * 3. Tavastia Proper (1:239) * 4. Kymenlaakso (1:243) * 5. Pirkanmaa (1:265) * 6.

Central Ostrobothnia Central Ostrobothnia ( fi, Keski-Pohjanmaa; sv, Mellersta Österbotten) is a region in Finland. It borders the regions of Ostrobothnia, North Ostrobothnia, Central Finland and South Ostrobothnia. Historical provinces Municipalities ...

(1:266) * 7. Southwest Finland (1:271) * 8.

South Ostrobothnia South Ostrobothnia ( fi, Etelä-Pohjanmaa; sv, Södra Österbotten) is one of the 19 regions of Finland. It borders the regions of Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Pirkanmaa, and Satakunta. Among the Finnish regions, South O ...

(1:278) * 9. Satakunta (1:279)

Notable people

* Jukka M. Heikkilä (born 1966), author *

Jussi Heikkilä Jussi Sakari Heikkilä (born 21 March 1983) is a Finnish 400 metre hurdler. His personal best is 49.39 seconds, achieved in May 2008 in Tallahassee, Florida. He competed at the European Championships in 2002 and at the World Championships in 2009 ...

(born 1983), hurdler *

Kari Heikkilä Kari Heikkilä (born 10 January 1960) is a Finnish former ice hockey player and coach. He played majority of his career in Ilves, but had also stints in Sweden (HC Vita Hästen and Luleå HF) and in Italy, where he ended his career in 1994. Af ...

(born 1960), ice hockey skater * Lasse Heikkilä (born 1934), ice hockey skater *

Marja Heikkilä Marja Heikkilä (born September 12, 1977 in Haapajärvi) is a former freestyle swimmer from Finland, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in 16th place with the 4×100 m f ...

(born 1977), freestyle swimmer * Samu Heikkilä (born 1971), film editor *

Tapio Heikkilä Tapio Heikkilä (born 8 April 1990) is a Finland, Finnish football player. Career Club In December 2015, Heikkilä signed a two-year contract with Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho, SJK. Little over a month later, 1 February 2016, and after only one ap ...

(born 1990), football player

References

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