Mäkel Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Mäkel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 106 | 1:759,485 | 56,711 |
| Netherlands | 17 | 1:993,363 | 65,241 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Makel (5,049) are calculated separately.
Mäkel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mäkel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mäkel occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Makel. For other possible spellings of Mäkel click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mäkel? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mäkel is the 1,596,935th most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Mäkel reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 106 people, or 1 in 759,485. In Germany it is most common in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 34 percent live, Brandenburg, where 21 percent live and Berlin, where 14 percent live. Excluding Germany this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 13 percent live and Norway, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mäkel
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis