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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Finnish : from the Finnish personal name Olli, a pet form of Norse Olav, + the local ending -la, a habitational name from a farm named for its owner, i.e. ‘Olav’s place’. The surname occurs chiefly in western Finland.

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