Mäkelä

Mäkelä is a surname originating in Finland (in Finnish, it means "hill farm"), where it is the fifth most common^[1] surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Eero Mäkelä (1942–2008), Finnish chef, first Michelin-starred in Finland
• Hannu Mäkelä (writer) (born 1943), Finnish writer of children's books
• Hannu Mäkelä (athlete) (born 1949), Finnish sprinter
• Heikki Mäkelä (born 1946), Finnish sprint canoeist, Summer Olympics
• Ilkka Mäkelä (born 1963), Finnish football manager and former player
• Tomi Mäkelä (born 1964), Finnish-German musicologist
• Jani Mäkelä, Finnish politician
• Janne Mäkelä (born 1971), Finnish footballer
• Juho Mäkelä (born 1983), Finnish footballer
• Klaus Mäkelä (born 1996), Finnish conductor and cellist
• Mika Mäkelä (born 1971), Finnish judoka
• Mikko Mäkelä (born 1965), Finnish player of ice hockey
• Mikko Mäkelä (filmmaker), Finnish film director
• P. Scott Makela (1960–1999), Finnish-American graphic and type designer, AIGA medalist
• Satu Mäkelä-Nummela (born 1970), Finnish sports shooter
• Seppo Mäkelä ^[fi] (born 1948), Finnish hockey referee
• Tapio Mäkelä (1926–2016), Finnish cross-country skier
• Tatu Mäkelä (born 1988), Finnish footballer
• Toivo Mäkelä (1909–1979), Finnish film actor
• Tuukka Mäkelä, Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman
• Valle Mäkelä (born 1986), Finnish motor racing driver
• Wille Mäkelä (born 1974), Finnish curler, Olympic medalist

Mäkelä

Language(s)	Finnish
Origin
Meaning	"hill farm", derived from mäke-, form of mäki ("hill") and -lä ("place of, esp. farm")
Region of origin	Finland
Other names
Variant form(s)	Mäki, Mäkilä, Mäkinen