Family name Makela (Makela 
, Mäkelä 
, ماكيلا 
) , around the world, is a common cognomen. The last name Makela is habitual in 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. In absolute terms, it is commonest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Finland, and the United States. Very seldom, Makela is the forename as well as the last name.
| benjamin r. makela (b. 1922) |
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chelsea makela American actress, US (b. 1990) |
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| laurie haycock makela American graphic designer and educator (b. 1956) |
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| p. scott makela American artist, US (b. 1960) |
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| marjo-riikka makela Finnish actress, FI (b. 1977) |
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| mark makela researcher at Los Alamos National Lab |
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| jonathan j makela researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-9031-3080 |
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| makela l. pululu Congolese television and film director, CD |
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| susanna m makela researcher |
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| makela timo Ph.D. Yale University 2002 |
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| carole j. makela |
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| amanda makela Canadian women’s ice hockey player, CA (b. 1993) |
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