Heikkilä

Heikkilä is a surname originating in Finland. The name is derived from Heikki, the Finnish equivalent of the Scandinavian name Henrik and the Germanic Henry, plus the suffix -lä, a patronymic indicating a child of a household headed by a man named Heikki. Among Finnish immigrants to North America, the name was sometimes Anglicized as Heikkila.

Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 95.2% of all known bearers of the surname Heikkilä were residents of Finland and 3.6% of Sweden.

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:378) in the following regions:
 * 1. Lapland (1:208)
 * 2. North Ostrobothnia (1:215)
 * 3. Tavastia Proper (1:239)
 * 4. Kymenlaakso (1:243)
 * 5. Pirkanmaa (1:265)
 * 6. Central Ostrobothnia (1:266)
 * 7. Southwest Finland (1:271)
 * 8. South Ostrobothnia (1:278)
 * 9. Satakunta (1:279)

Notable people

 * Jukka M. Heikkilä (born 1966), Finnish author
 * Jussi Heikkilä (born 1983), Finnish hurdler
 * Kari Heikkilä (born 1960), Finnish ice hockey skater
 * Lasse Heikkilä (born 1934), Finnish ice hockey skater
 * Marja Heikkilä (born 1977), Finnish freestyle swimmer
 * Samu Heikkilä (born 1971), Finnish film editor
 * Tapio Heikkilä (born 1990), Finnish football player