Mäkelä is a surname originating in Finland (in Finnish, it means "hill farm"), where it is the fifth most common surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Mäkelä is a surname originating in Finland (in Finnish, it means "hill farm"), where it is the fifth most common surname. Notable people with the surname include: Aleksi Mäkelä, multiple people Chelsea Makela (born 1990), American actress Eero Mäkelä (1942–2008), Finnish chef, first Michelin-starred in Finland Hannu Mäkelä, multiple people Heikki Mäkelä (1946–2024), Finnish sprint canoeist, Summer Olympics Heini Mäkelä (born 1987), Finnish footballer Ilkka Mäkelä (born 1963), Finnish football manager and former player Jani Mäkelä (born 1976), Finnish politician Janne Mäkelä (born 1971), Finnish footballer Joni Mäkelä (born 1993), Finnish footballer Juha Mäkelä (born 1956), Finnish sports shooter Juho Mäkelä (born 1983), Finnish footballer Jukka Mäkelä (born 1960), Finnish politician Kaija Mäkelä (1930–2023), Finnish swimmer Klaus Mäkelä (born 1996), Finnish conductor and cellist Kristiina Mäkelä (born 1992), Finnish athletics competitor Lauri Mäkelä (1885–1947), Finnish farmer and politician Laurie Haycock Makela, American graphic designer and educator Marjo-Riikka Mäkelä (born 1971), Finnish actress Matti Mäkelä (born 1939), Finnish association football player Mauno Mäkela (1916–1987), Finnish film producer Mika Mäkelä (born 1971), Finnish judoka Mikko Mäkelä, multiple people P. Scott Makela (1960–1999), Finnish-American graphic and type designer, AIGA medalist Santeri Mäkelä (1870–1939), Finnish politician Satu Mäkelä-Nummela (born 1970), Finnish sports shooter (born 1948), Finnish hockey referee Taneli Mäkelä (born 1959), Finnish actor, singer and writer Tapio Mäkelä (1926–2016), Finnish cross-country skier Taru Mäkelä (born 1959), Finnish film director and screenwriter Tatu Mäkelä (born 1988), Finnish footballer Toini Mäkelä (1895–1973), Finnish socialist revolutionary and military officer Toivo Mäkelä (1909–1979), Finnish film actor Tomi Mäkelä (born 1964), Finnish-German musicologist Tuukka Mäkelä (born 1982), Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman Uljas Mäkelä (1924–2010), Finnish politician Väinö Mäkelä (1921–1982), Finnish long-distance runner Valle Mäkelä (born 1986), Finnish motor racing driver Wille Mäkelä (born 1974), Finnish curler, Olympic medalist Yrjö Mäkelä (1926–2015), Finnish decathlete
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Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).