Kilpelä

== Finnish == === Etymology === kilpi +‎ -lä; compare Kilpi, Kilpinen. Kilpelä is primarily found in Kainuu and North Ostrobothnia, while the variant Kilpeläinen is found mainly in Savonia and Karelia, and Kilpiäinen in Karelia. Forms and variants of this surname were not consistently distinguished in the 16th century, suggesting that they had not become established surnames by then, only later. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkilpelæ/, [ˈk̟ilpe̞læ] Rhymes: -ilpelæ Syllabification(key): Kil‧pe‧lä Hyphenation(key): Kil‧pe‧lä === Proper noun === Kilpelä a Finnish surname ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Statistics ==== The surname Kilpelä belongs to 211 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === References ===