Aho
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: Initialism of approved hunting organisation, an organisation of which membership is one of several possible prerequisites for a firearms license
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈɑhoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Aho is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country.
- FIFinland1 in 352(measured from records)
- KPNorth Korea≈1 in 9.1K
- SESweden1 in 9.2K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Finland (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 97 (measured from records)
- 1 in 352 (inferred from the name graph)
15,839 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
abandoned swidden; a grassy open or cleared space in a (former) forest cleared by slash-and-burn cultivation, but left uncultivated and to revert to forest due to the loss of nutrients
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
How Aho is read(measured from records)
Aho is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English69%
Initialism of approved hunting organisation, an organisation of which membership is one of several possible prerequisites for a firearms license.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Finnish8.8%
abandoned swidden; a grassy open or cleared space in a (former) forest cleared by slash-and-burn cultivation, but left uncultivated and to revert to forest due to the loss of nutrients
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Aho counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | #151 | 15,839 | 1 in 352 | 16K | Aho | 94 |
| US United States | — | 3,872 | 1 in 86K | 3.9K | Aho | 89 |
| KP North Korea | #666 | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 9.1K | — | Aho | 2 |
| BJ Benin | #645 | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 9.7K | — | Aho | 14 |
| SE Sweden | — | 1,112 | 1 in 9.2K | 1.1K | Aho | 32 |
| TG Togo | — | ≈890 est. | ≈1 in 9.7K | 1 | Aho | 5 |
15,839 people counted by DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Journal Officiel — Liste definitive des candidats (legislatives 2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Aho is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Basque, mouth
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In mnv, cord, line, thong, string; be on a line or string, as fish; to troll or fish with line on the reef
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In urj-fin-pro, abandoned swidden; glade (grassy open or cleared space in a forest)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In nlg, sun; good weather; put in the sun; experience good weather
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Juhani Ahob. 1861FIFinnish author and journalist (1861-1921)
- Heikki Ahob. 1895FIFinnish documentary filmmaker
- Alfred V. Ahob. 1941CACanadian computer scientist
- Kalevi Ahob. 1949FIFinnish composer
- Esko Ahob. 1954FIprime minister of Finland from 1991 to 1995
- Eero Ahob. 1968FIFinnish actor
- Kaarle Ahob. 1968FIFinnish film producer (born 1968)
- Joni Ahob. 1986FIFinnish footballer
- Sebastian Ahob. 1996SESwedish ice hockey player (born 1996)
- Sebastian Ahob. 1997FIFinnish ice hockey player (born 1997)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 34 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 16K | #82 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 7.1K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3.9K | #8,506 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.8K | #8,321 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3.5K | #8,636 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 1.1K | #918 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Aho come from?
- abandoned swidden; a grassy open or cleared space in a (former) forest cleared by slash-and-burn cultivation, but left uncultivated and to revert to forest due to the loss of nutrients Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Aho?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɑhoʊ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Aho mean?
- In English, Initialism of approved hunting organisation, an organisation of which membership is one of several possible prerequisites for a firearms license.
- What are other forms of the name Aho?
- In the etymology graph, Ahokas is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Aho have the most bearers?
- In Finland, the national register counted about 16 thousand people named Aho, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled aho.
- Where is Aho most common?
- Aho is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 352 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Aho?
- In Finland, the national register counted 15,839 people named Aho, about 1 in 352 residents.
- How common is Aho compared with other names?
- In Finland, Aho is the 151st most common surname of 94,499 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Aho” — the 151st most common surname in Finland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.