Mäkelä is a surname originating in Finland (in Finnish, it means "hill farm"), where it is the fifth most common[1] surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Mäkelä
Language(s)Finnish
Origin
Meaning"hill farm", derived from mäke-, form of mäki ("hill") and -lä ("place of, esp. farm")
Region of originFinland
Other names
Variant form(s)Mäki

References

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  1. ^ As of March 2010, "Most common surnames"[dead link], Finnish Population Register Center Archived 2010-05-23 at the Wayback Machine (English version), verkkopalvelut.vrk.fi/Nimipalvelu