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Last name Mäkelä (Makela , Mäkelä , ماكيلا ) , globally, is a common family name. The family name Mäkelä is characteristic of Finland, where it is a common surname, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a common surname, and Estonia, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Finland, and the United States. Much less frequently, Mäkelä is the forename as well as the last name.