Lampinen

Lampinen is a Finnish surname. As of 2013, there were almost 10,000 people registered in Finland with this surname. It is a derivation of the Finnish word "lampi" (pond), that also occurs as surname in Finland, and it means one who lives by a pond. As a surname it appears both as an old, traditional surname in Eastern Finland and as a new, recently adopted surname in Western Finland. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Mari Lampinen (born 1971), Finnish biathlete
 * Petteri Lampinen (born 1975), Finnish bandy player
 * Simo Lampinen (born 1943), Finnish rally driver