Peltonen.
a Finnish surname from landscape
Meaning & usage
a Finnish surname from landscape
Where this word comes from
From pelto (“field”) + -nen. The surname mainly came about in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Western Finland during the Fennicization and adoption of surnames, but may be much older in parts of South Karelia, and is attested since the 16th century.
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