Släkthistoria för Viitala
Viitala Vad efternamn betyder
Finnish: habitational name from farms so named from viita ‘young deciduous forest’ or ‘dense spruce forest’ + the locative suffix -la. Established as a hereditary surname since the 19th century especially in Ostrobothnia. This standard Finnish variant is rare in the US where the surname is mostly spelled Wiitala.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
