Hamalainen Family History
Hamalainen Name Meaning
Finnish (Hämäläinen): habitational name for someone from the province of Häme in western Finland. Established as a hereditary surname in eastern Finland since the Middle Ages; it spread quickly throughout Savonia and Karelia and in the 17th century also to Kainuu and Ostrobothnia. Compare Hamlin .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022