Harju

== Finnish == === Etymology === From harju (“esker”). The surname is partly from place names, but also popular in the Fennicization of surnames in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The name of the quarter in Helsinki is a semantic loan from Swedish Ås. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɑrju/, [ˈhɑ̝rju] Rhymes: -ɑrju Syllabification(key): Har‧ju Hyphenation(key): Har‧ju === Proper noun === Harju Any of a number of places in Finland and Estonia. a quarter in Helsinki a Finnish surname from landscape ==== Declension ==== (quarter in Helsinki): The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Harju" is Harjussa. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Statistics ==== Harju is the 92nd most common surname in Finland, belonging to 6,273 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === References === === Anagrams === hurja