Explore the Family Name Hannula

The meaning of Hannula

Finnish: habitational name from farms so named, from the personal name Hannu, a Finnish vernacular form of German Johannes (see John), + the locative suffix -la, thus referring to ‘Hannu’s farm’. Established as a hereditary surname since the 19th century in western and southern Finland. Some characteristic forenames: Finnish Reino, Eino, Kauko, Oiva, Tarmo, Waino.

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How common is the last name Hannula in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Hannula saw a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Hannula was ranked 41,995th in terms of surname prevalence in the United States, dropping to 44,109th by 2010, representing a 5.03% decrease. Despite this drop in rank, the actual number of people bearing the surname Hannula increased marginally from 487 in 2000 to 488 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#41,995	#44,109	-5.03%
Count	487	488	0.21%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.17	-5.56%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hannula

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of individuals with the Hannula surname identify as White, comprising 96.71% in 2000 and slightly increasing to 96.93% in 2010. The percentage of those identifying as having two or more races dropped from 2.05% in 2000 to 0% in 2010. Interestingly, there was a new emergence of individuals identifying as Hispanic in 2010, at 1.23%, which was not recorded in the 2000 data. There were no recorded instances of individuals with the Hannula name identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during these census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.71%	96.93%	0.23%
Hispanic	0%	1.23%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	2.05%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%