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Karhunen is a Finnish surname of Virtanen type derived from the word karhu, "bear". Notable people with the surname include:

Jorma Karhunen (1913–2002), Finnish WW II fighter ace
Kari Karhunen (1915–1992), Finnish probabilist and mathematical statistician
Esko Karhunen (1928–2016), Finnish basketball player
Tomi Karhunen (born 1989), Finnish ice hockey goaltender

v t e Family names derived from the word "bear"
Germanic	North Germanic: Bjorn, Bjornson/Björnsson West Germanic: Baer, Bähr, Bär, Bear, Beer, Beers, Behr, De Beer, Berson
Romance	Iberian: Urso Italian: D'Urso, Orso, Orsi, Orsino, Orsini, Ourso
Slavic	Slavic: Medved, Medvedchuk, Medvedev, Medvedenko, Medvedko, Niedźwiedź, Nedvěd, Vedmid
Other	Baltic: Lācis Basque: Hartz Chinese: Xiong Estonian: Karu Finnish: Karhu, Karhunen Hungarian: Medve, Medveczky (borrowed from Slavic)

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