Meriluoto
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]meri + luoto, mostly a Fennicized surname adopted at the turn of the 20th century[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈmeriˌluo̯to/, [ˈme̞riˌluo̞̯t̪o̞]
- Rhymes: -uoto
- Syllabification(key): Me‧ri‧luo‧to
- Hyphenation(key): Meri‧luoto
Proper noun
[edit]Meriluoto
- a Finnish surname
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Meriluoto (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t–d gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Meriluoto | Meriluodot | |
| genitive | Meriluodon | Meriluotojen | |
| partitive | Meriluotoa | Meriluotoja | |
| illative | Meriluotoon | Meriluotoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Meriluoto | Meriluodot | |
| accusative | nom. | Meriluoto | Meriluodot |
| gen. | Meriluodon | ||
| genitive | Meriluodon | Meriluotojen | |
| partitive | Meriluotoa | Meriluotoja | |
| inessive | Meriluodossa | Meriluodoissa | |
| elative | Meriluodosta | Meriluodoista | |
| illative | Meriluotoon | Meriluotoihin | |
| adessive | Meriluodolla | Meriluodoilla | |
| ablative | Meriluodolta | Meriluodoilta | |
| allative | Meriluodolle | Meriluodoille | |
| essive | Meriluotona | Meriluotoina | |
| translative | Meriluodoksi | Meriluodoiksi | |
| abessive | Meriluodotta | Meriluodoitta | |
| instructive | — | Meriluodoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Statistics
[edit]- Meriluoto is the 2135th (tied with 6 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 385 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.