Kähkönen

== Finnish == === Etymology === Kähkö +‎ -nen, originally from Eastern Finland; common on the Karelian Isthmus, in most of Savonia, Kainuu and North Ostrobothnia by the 16th century. Uncertain, possibly from a derivative of käheä (“hoarse”) (as a byname/nickname for someone with a hoarse voice), but compare also dialectal kähkeä (“short-tempered, irascible”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkæhkønen/, [ˈk̟æhk̟ø̞ne̞n] Rhymes: -æhkønen Syllabification(key): Käh‧kö‧nen Hyphenation(key): Käh‧kö‧nen === Proper noun === Kähkönen a Finnish surname ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Statistics ==== Kähkönen is the 248th (tied with 1 other surname) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 3,084 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === References === === Further reading === Kähkönen on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia fi