Koskela
Koskela is a Finnish surname and place name. The name derives from the Finnish word koski, meaning rapids, with the suffix -la forming a toponymic meaning “a place by the rapids” or “the homestead by the rapids.” As a surname, Koskela is common in Finland and among people of Finnish heritage abroad, particularly in North America and Northern Europe. It is one of several toponymic surnames in Finnish that identify a family by a locality or landscape feature rather than a patronymic.
There are multiple places in Finland named Koskela, including small villages and district-type divisions within municipalities.
In genealogical and linguistic contexts, Koskela is studied as part of Finnish onomastics, illustrating how landscape