Leppänen

== Finnish == === Etymology === From leppä (“alder”) +‎ -nen. The surname is attested since at least the 16th century, but was also commonly adopted during the adoption (in Western Finland) and Fennicization of surnames in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlepːænen/, [ˈle̞pːæne̞n] Rhymes: -epːænen Syllabification(key): Lep‧pä‧nen Hyphenation(key): Lep‧pä‧nen === Proper noun === Leppänen a Finnish surname from landscape, of w:Virtanen type ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Lepistö Leppälä ==== Statistics ==== Leppänen is the 32nd most common surname in Finland, belonging to 10,213 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === References ===