Markela Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Markela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 24 | 1:229,029 | 18,579 |
| Belarus | 8 | 1:1,187,632 | 77,603 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
Markela (1,040) may also be a first name.
Markela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Markela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Markela (Georgian: მარკელა, Russian: Маркела) occurs more in Finland more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Markela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,605,694th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. Markela is primarily found in Europe, where 80 percent of Markela reside; 44 percent reside in Northern Europe and 44 percent reside in Scandinavia. Markela is also the 248,543rd most common forename in the world, held by 1,040 people.
This surname is most common in Finland, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 229,029. In Finland Markela is mostly found in: Southwest Finland, where 83 percent are found, Satakunta, where 8 percent are found and Lapland, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Finland it is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 15 percent are found and India, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Markela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Markela in the Georgian language | ||
| მარკელა | markela | - |
| Markela in the Russian language | ||
| Маркела | markela | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Markela
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