Mäkelä Surname

26,803rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,049 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Mäkelä Surname User-submission:

The Mäkelä surname comes from the ornamental name from mäki (hill) and the local suffix -la.

Mäkelä Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland19,1621:2876
Sweden5721:17,2151,462
Estonia2151:6,148701
Germany441:1,829,670103,431
Norway231:223,57824,793
Denmark71:806,38843,211
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
France11:66,422,722504,397
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

The alternate forms: Mäkela (45) & Makelä (1) are calculated separately.

Mäkelä Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Mäkelä surname comes from the ornamental name from mäki (hill) and the local suffix -la.

- Junie

The Finnish surname Mäkelä, derived from the word mäki meaning 'a hill' in English.

- deleted-161759

Mäkelä Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mäkelä Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mäkelä occurs most in Finland. It can also occur as a variant: Mäkela or Makelä. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mäkelä? popularity and diffusion

Mäkelä is the 26,803rd most numerous last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 363,487 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Mäkelä reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname Mäkelä is most frequent in Finland, where it is borne by 19,162 people, or 1 in 287. In Finland Mäkelä is most common in: Uusimaa, where 21 percent reside, Pirkanmaa, where 18 percent reside and Southwest Finland, where 10 percent reside. Barring Finland Mäkelä occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 3 percent reside and Estonia, where 1 percent reside.

Mäkelä Last Name Statistics demography

Mäkelä earn significantly less than the average income. In Norway they earn 32.02% less than the national average, earning 235,276 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mäkela9445/
Makelä941/
Mäkilä831,859/
Mökelä831/
Mäkleä831/
Mikkelä77205/
Mäkkylä7788/
Mäkkeli7781/
Mäkeler7736/
Mäckeler7116/
Makele677,035/
Mokele672,269/
Mekele671,708/
Makeli67835/
Mikeli67736/
Mikele67591/
Mokeli67443/
Mikelj67273/
Mikela67222/
Mekela67171/
Mekeli6761/
Mikely6747/
Mykele674/
Mykylä673/
Mäkila672/
Mokely671/

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