Autio Family History

Finnish: habitational name from farms so named from autio ‘uninhabited uncultivated fallow’, denoting a farm or field that had fallen into disuse or an ornamental name from the same word which also means ‘spacious wide unforested’. Established as a hereditary surname especially since the 19th century in Ostrobothnia.

Adopted also as an ornamental name in the early 20th century to replace Swedish surnames chiefly in Tavastia (compare Laine).