Heikkilä
Introduction '''Heikkilä''' is a surname originating in Finland. The name is derived from Heikki, the Finnish equivalent of the Scandinavian name Henrik and the Germanic Henry, plus the suffix ''-lä'', a patronymic indicating a child of a household headed by a man named Heikki. Among Finnish immigrants to North America, the name was sometimes Anglicized as Heikkila.
Geographical distribution As of 2014, 95.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Heikkilä'' were residents of Finland and 3.6% of Sweden.In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:378) in the following regions:* 1.Lapland (1:208)* 2.North Ostrobothnia (1:215)* 3.Tavastia Proper (1:239)* 4.Kymenlaakso (1:243)* 5.Pirkanmaa (1:265)* 6.Central Ostrobothnia (1:266)* 7.Southwest Finland (1:271)* 8.South Ostrobothnia (1:278)* 9.Satakunta (1:279)
Notable people *Jukka M. Heikkilä (born 1966), Finnish author*Jussi Heikkilä (born 1983), Finnish hurdler*Kari Heikkilä (born 1960), Finnish ice hockey skater*Lasse Heikkilä (born 1934), Finnish ice hockey skater*Marja Heikkilä (born 1977), Finnish freestyle swimmer*Samu Heikkilä (born 1971), Finnish film editor*Tapio Heikkilä (born 1990), Finnish football player
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