Laakso Family History
Laakso Name Meaning
Finnish: mostly an ornamental name from laakso ‘valley dale’ but occasionally a habitational name from farms so named (compare Lakso ). Adopted as a hereditary surname in western southern and central Finland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (compare Laine ) also to replace Swedish surnames especially those containing Swedish dal ‘dale’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022