Cognomen Jokela (Jokela 
) , throughout the world, is quite a rare last name. The surname Jokela is habitual in Finland, where it is quite a common surname, Botswana, where it is quite a rare surname, and Estonia. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in Finland, the United States, and Sweden.
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| Jokela | Botswana, Canada, United States, Sweden, Finland |
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eila jokela Finnish journalist (1915-2002), FI (b. 1915) |
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heikki jokela Finnish professor, FI (b. 1917) |
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erkki jokela Finnish priest, FI (b. 1924) |
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leo jokela Finnish actor and comedian (1927–1975), FI (b. 1927) |
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mikko jokela Finnish politician, FI (b. 1928) |
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| edvard jokela Finnish politician, FI (b. 1889) |
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| paavo sigfrid jokela botanist (1896-1971) (b. 1896) |
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jukka jokela Finnish hydrobiologist and professor of Aquatic Ecology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, FI (b. 1963) |
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juha jokela Finnish playwright and scriptwriter, FI (b. 1970) |
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| tapani jokela Finnish painter, FI (b. 1922) |
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mikko jokela Finnish ice hockey player, FI (b. 1980) |
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| pentti jokela Finnish association football player, FI (b. 1931) |
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jesse jokela Finnish pesäpallo player, FI (b. 1987) |
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| antti jokela Finnish professor, FI (b. 1945) |
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| mikko jokela Finnish diplomat and civil servant, FI (b. 1947) |
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