Ahola

surname · Latin script

Meaning: a Finnish surname from landscape

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈæhəɫə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Ahola is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FIFinland1 in 328(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 28K
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 64K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Finland (measured from records)

16,979 people

Sources
90 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 328 (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a Finnish surname from landscape

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ahola counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ahola is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FI Finland#14316,9791 in 32817KAhola90
CN China—≈11,000 est.≈1 in 132K—Ahola2
US United States—6291 in 529K629Ahola81
SE Sweden—3611 in 28K361Ahola34
CA Canada—≈130 est.≈1 in 280K—Ahola10
EE Estonia—≈19 est.≈1 in 64K14Ahola5

16,979 people counted by DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ahola is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Russian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland, Russia

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Ахола

44 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Ahola is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In ang, singular imperative of āholian

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latvian, pilsēta Somijā (Ahola), Lapzemes dienvidaustrumos, pie Ilikitka ezera

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19001920194019601980Sylvester Ahola, b. 1902Tuula Ahola, b. 1951Peter Ahola, b. 1968Jouko Ahola, b. 1970Kalle Ahola, b. 1972Camilla Lindberg, b. 1973Mika Ahola, b. 1974Jari Ahola, b. 1976Jenni Ahola, b. 1976Jarkko Ahola, b. 1977

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Ahola,
InformalHi Ahola,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 21 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Ahola
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—17K#69
FI FinlandDVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register)—7.4K—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010629#35,721
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020591#40,048
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000589#35,994
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—361#2,494
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—14#7,886
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—11#10,113
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ahola mean, and where does it come from?
a Finnish surname from landscape Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Ahola?
A machine transcription gives /ˈæhəɫə/ (IPA) for English.
What are other forms of the name Ahola?
In the etymology graph, Aho and Ahonen are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Ahola have the most bearers?
In Finland, the national register counted about 17 thousand people named Ahola, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ahola.
Where is Ahola most common?
Ahola is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 328 people carrying it.
How common is the name Ahola?
In Finland, the national register counted 16,979 people named Ahola, about 1 in 328 residents.
How common is Ahola compared with other names?
In Finland, Ahola is the 143rd most common surname of 94,499 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ahola” — the 143rd most common surname in Finland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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