Mäkelin Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Mäkelin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 62 | 1:88,656 | 9,352 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
The alternate forms: Makelin (36) are calculated separately.
Mäkelin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mäkelin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mäkelin is borne by more people in Finland than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Makelin. For other potential spellings of Mäkelin click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mäkelin? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,333,370th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Mäkelin are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.
Mäkelin is most commonly used in Finland, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 88,656. In Finland Mäkelin is most prevalent in: Uusimaa, where 48 percent live, Kymenlaakso, where 31 percent live and Lapland, where 10 percent live. Besides Finland Mäkelin is found in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 7 percent live.
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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 Mäkelin
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