Last name Niemela (Niemela 
) , in all the world, is quite a common family name. The cognomen Niemela is habitual in Finland, where it is a common surname, Estonia, where it is quite a rare surname, and Switzerland, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Finland, the United States, and Germany.
| doug niemela composer, US (b. 1963) |
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| antti niemela chess player (b. 1973) |
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| joseph j. niemela physicist at ICTP, Trieste |
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| julie e. niemela researcher |
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