Kinnunen

surname · Latin script

Meaning: of uncertain origin. Possibly a derivative of Swedish skinn ‘(animal) skin’ + the common surname Finnish suffix -nen

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

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

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

rarermore common
  • FIFinland1 in 189(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 13K
  • NONorway1 in 182K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kinnunen itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Finland (measured from records)

29,467 people

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
53 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 189 (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

KinnunenLatin(measured from records)
КиннуненCyrillic(measured from records)

Locally spelled Киннунен in FI Finland, RU Russia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

of uncertain origin. Possibly a derivative of Swedish skinn ‘(animal) skin’ + the common surname Finnish suffix -nen. This is a common name in the east-central region of Finland, particularly in Kainuu.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kinnunen 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 Kinnunen is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FI Finland#73229,4671 in 18929KКиннунен7
US United States—7921 in 420K812Kinnunen3
SE Sweden—7581 in 13K758——
RU Russia—≈53 est.≈1 in 2.7M—Киннунен53
ES Spain—451 in 1.1M45——
NO Norway—301 in 182K30——
DK Denmark—211 in 279K21——

29,467 people counted by DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup), counting the spelling kinnunen. 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000Laila Kinnunen, b. 1939Jorma Kinnunen, b. 1941Leo Kinnunen, b. 1943Heikki Kinnunen, b. 1946Kimmo Kinnunen, b. 1968Tommi Kinnunen, b. 1973Hanna Karjalainen, b. 1980Jarkko Kinnunen, b. 1984Nastassia Kinnunen, b. 1985Caitlin Kinnunen, b. 1991

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 Kinnunen,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 22 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Kinnunen
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—29K#19
FI FinlandDVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register)—14K—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020812#30,718
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010792#29,719
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000767#29,099
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—758#1,306
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—45#48,436
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—45#47,706
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—30#35,400
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—21#21,987
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • 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 Kinnunen mean, and where does it come from?
of uncertain origin. Possibly a derivative of Swedish skinn ‘(animal) skin’ + the common surname Finnish suffix -nen. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Kinnunen?
A machine transcription gives /kɪˈnənən/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Kinnunen have the most bearers?
In Finland, the national register counted about 29 thousand people named Kinnunen, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled киннунен.
Where is Kinnunen most common?
Kinnunen is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 189 people carrying it.
How common is the name Kinnunen?
In Finland, the national register counted 29,467 people named Kinnunen, about 1 in 189 residents.
How common is Kinnunen compared with other names?
In Finland, Kinnunen is the 732nd 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, “Kinnunen” — the 732nd most common surname in Finland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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