Mäkelä

Mäkelä
Family name
Meaning	"hill farm", derived from mäke-, form of mäki ("hill") and -lä ("place of, esp. farm")
Region of origin	Finland
Language(s) of origin	Finnish
Related names	Mäki

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Mäkelä is a surname originating in Finland (in Finnish, it means "hill farm"), where it is the fifth most common^[1] surname. It may also refer to, alphabetically on first name:

Eero Mäkelä (1942–2008), Finnish chef, first Michelin-starred in Finland
Hannu Mäkelä (born 1943), Finnish writer of children's books
Heikki Mäkelä (born 1946), Finnish sprint canoeist, Summer Olympics
Ilkka Mäkelä (born 1963), Finnish football manager and former player
Tomi Mäkelä (born 1964), Finnish-German musicologist
Janne Mäkelä (born 1971), Finnish footballer
Juho Mäkelä (born 1983), Finnish footballer
Jussi Mäkelä (born 1988), Finnish football goalkeeper
Matti Mäkelä (born 1983), Swedish mixed martial artist
Mika Mäkelä (born 1971), Finnish judoka
Mikko Mäkelä (born 1965), Finnish player of ice hockey
P. Scott Makela (1960–1999), Finnish-American graphic and type designer, AIGA medalist
Satu Mäkelä-Nummela (born 1970), Finnish sports shooter
Seppo Mäkelä (born 1948), Finnish hockey referee
Tapio Mäkelä (born 1926), Finnish cross-country skier
Tatu Mäkelä (born 1988), Finnish footballer
Toivo Mäkelä (1909–1979), Finnish film actor
Tuukka Mäkelä, Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman
Valle Mäkelä (born 1986), Finnish motor racing driver
Mary Teresa Makela Barra (born 1961), Finnish-American CEO General Motors
Wille Mäkelä (born 1974), Finnish curler, Olympic medalist

References

↑ As of March 2010, "Most common surnames", Finnish Population Register Center (English version), verkkopalvelut.vrk.fi/Nimipalvelu

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