In the world, Salmela (Salmela 
, Салмела 
) is a very rare gender-neutral first name. The first name Salmela is characteristic of Southern Asia, particularly India, where it is an extremely rare dominantly girly, but uncommonly male name. Much more frequently, Salmela is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Salmela | Germany, Finland, Sweden, United States, Latvia |
| Салмела | Russia, Ukraine |
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petri salmela (b. 1964) |
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| kara salmela American biathlete, US (b. 1972) |
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| pasi salmela Finnish association football player, FI (b. 1972) |
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| jatta salmela researcher (ORCID 0000-0001-7880-834X) |
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| milla salmela researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-4203-6680 |
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| petri samuel salmela Ph.D. Turun yliopisto 2009 |
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| aila salmela FI |
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| janni salmela FI |
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| janni salmela FI |
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| jatta salmela Finnish pole vaulter, FI (b. 1992) |
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| roosa salmela FI (b. 1997) |
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