Editing Laihia (section)

==People==
In Finland, Laihians are renowned for their stinginess ({{langx|fi|nuukuus}}, {{lang|fi|saituus}}, {{lang|fi|itaruus}}, {{lang|fi|piheys}} or {{lang|fi|kitsaus}}) and there are hundreds of jokes told about them. However, Laihians are not usually offended by it. To the contrary, they are proud of their frugality and even have a Museum of Stinginess (''Nuukuuren museo'').<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.laihia.fi/121.html |title=Laihian kunta |accessdate=2012-04-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914031635/http://www.laihia.fi/121.html |archivedate=14 September 2010 }}</ref> In any case, Laihia has high-level public services for education, health, sports, seniors etc.

===Notable people===
* [[Santeri Alkio]], politician and journalist
* [[Mark Hoppus]] (born 1972), American singer and musician, of Finnish descent through great-grandparents who emigrated from Laihia<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/a1467686905531 |title=Amerikkalaisyhtye Blink-182:n riveissä on pohjalaisverta – "Toivon todella, että esiinnymme Suomessa ensi kesänä" |last1=Jokelainen |first1=Jarkko |date=6 July 2016 |website=[[Helsingin Sanomat]] |publisher=[[Sanoma]] |language=Finnish |access-date=11 November 2016}}</ref>
* [[Toivo Kärki]], musician
* Matti Vanhala, [[Bank of Finland]] Governor 1998–2004
* Keijo Suila, former CEO of [[Finnair]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070611080040/http://matrikkeli.helsinki.fi/ylioppilasmatrikkeli/henkilo.php?id=2380 Johan Laibecchius] (born in Laihia on 19 March 1658), vicar
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070609200642/http://matrikkeli.helsinki.fi/ylioppilasmatrikkeli/henkilo.php?id=395 Kristian Chyraeus] (died in Laihia in 1687), vicar
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051230114205/http://matrikkeli.helsinki.fi/ylioppilasmatrikkeli/henkilo.php?id=1681 Samuel Backman] (died in Laihia 3 April 1712), vicar
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070611044117/http://matrikkeli.helsinki.fi/ylioppilasmatrikkeli/henkilo.php?id=7956 Jonas Lagus] (died in Laihia 22 April 1798), vicar and dean
*[[Sara Siipola]] (born in Laihia 1997), singer

===Surnames===
The most common surnames in Laihia and their frequencies as of 2014:<ref name="laihia2014">[https://forebears.io/finland/ostrobothnia/kyrönmaa-subregion/laihia Most common surnames in Laihia]</ref>
* 1. [[Kallio (surname)|Kallio]] (1:112)
* 2. [[Puska (surname)|Puska]] (1:121)
* 3. Kinnari (1:135)
* 4. [[Koskela (surname)|Koskela]] (1:137)
* 5. [[Luoma (surname)|Luoma]] (1:142)
* 5. [[Niemelä (surname)|Niemelä]] (1:142)
* 7. [[Kauppi]] (1:145)
* 8. [[Mäkinen]] (1:156)
* 9. [[Mäkelä]] (1:159)
* 10. Kankaanpää (1:163)