Mäkelainen Surname
14,316,765th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 1 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland
Mäkelainen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
The alternate forms: Makelainen (24) & Makeláinen (1) are calculated separately.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makelainen | 97 | 24 | / |
| Makeláinen | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mokelainen | 90 | 15 | / |
| Mikkelinen | 80 | 10 | / |
| Makalainen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mikkolainen | 76 | 139 | / |
| Meikalainen | 76 | 6 | / |
| Meikälainen | 76 | 1 | / |
| Mikhelaynen | 76 | 1 | / |
| Mikalainienė | 73 | 50 | / |
| Mikhelyaynen | 73 | 25 | / |
| Mikolainienė | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mikolaynen | 70 | 2 | / |
| Mikkilinen | 70 | 1 | / |
| Mykolainin | 70 | 1 | / |
| Makalaynen | 70 | 1 | / |
| Mekhilyaynen | 64 | 139 | / |
| Mikhilyaynen | 64 | 29 | / |
| Mikalajūnienė | 61 | 512 | / |
| Mikolajūnienė | 61 | 57 | / |
| Mykalajūnienė | 61 | 1 | / |
| Mikalajunienė | 61 | 1 | / |
| Miquelinin | 60 | 1 | / |
| Mykhailynyn | 57 | 126 | / |
| Mikhaylinin | 57 | 3 | / |
| Mykhailynyna | 55 | 3 | / |
| Mikhalenin | 50 | 1 | / |
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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
- 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 Mäkelainen
- 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