Onnela

Onnela is a Finnish surname. It is borne by individuals in Finland and among Finnish communities abroad. Notable people with the surname include Jukka-Pekka Onnela, a Finnish network scientist recognized for work in complex networks and computational social science.

The exact etymology of Onnela is not widely documented in English-language sources. Like many Finnish surnames, it is thought to reflect toponymic or landscape-related elements and may be formed with the common suffix pattern found in Finnish place-derived names, such as the -la/-lä ending.

In usage, Onnela appears in academic and public contexts as a family name. Beyond its status as a surname, there is no widely cited geographic or institutional significance tied specifically to the name.