Muktupāvels (masculine), Muktupāvela (feminine) is a Latvian-language surname.

Valdis Muktupāvels put forth a plausible hypothesis about the origin of his surname: basing on the traditions of Latvian name formation, it would literally mean "Pavels from Mukti", and the placename Mukti may derive from obsolete Lithuanian word "mukt" for "swampy place".[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

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