Lehtola Explained

Lehtola is a Finnish surname.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 84.6% of all known bearers of the surname Lehtola were residents of Finland (frequency 1:1,797), 8.5% of the United States (1:1,172,894) and 5.3% of Sweden (1:51,285).

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,797) in the following regions:^[1]

• 1. North Ostrobothnia (1:688)
• 2. South Ostrobothnia (1:746)
• 3. Lapland (1:1,025)
• 4. Kymenlaakso (1:1,436)
• 5. Satakunta (1:1,452)
• 6. Southwest Finland (1:1,627)
• 7. Tavastia Proper (1:1,706)

People

• Kari Lehtola (1938–2019), Finnish lawyer
• Veli-Pekka Lehtola (born 1957), North Sámi historian and academic
• Minna Lehtola (born 1967), Finnish fencer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lehtola Surname Meaning, Origins & Distribution. forebears.io.