Pihlajamäki

== Finnish == === Etymology === pihlaja (“rowan”) +‎ mäki (“hill”). The surname is mostly from place names, but also adopted as a Fennicized surname. The name of the place in Helsinki was coined by Finnish professor Reino Castrén in the late 1950s and was inspired by the surname Rönnkulla (Swedish rönn + kulla (kulle)) of one of the (few) residents of the area before the construction of the suburb in the 1960s. The area is also known to have had a croft/copyhold named Rönnbacka (Swedish rönn + backa (backe)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpihlɑjɑˌmæki/, [ˈpiçlɑ̝jɑ̝ˌmæk̟i] Rhymes: -æki Syllabification(key): Pih‧la‧ja‧mä‧ki Hyphenation(key): Pih‧laja‧mäki === Proper noun === Pihlajamäki a Finnish surname a quarter in Helsinki ==== Declension ==== The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location. ==== Statistics ==== Pihlajamäki is the 682nd most common surname in Finland, belonging to 1,260 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. === References ===