Makkonen

Not to be confused with Mekonnen, the Amharic male given name.

Makkonen is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Jussi Makkonen (born 1985), Finnish ice hockey player
• Kari Makkonen (born 1955), Finnish ice hockey player
• Leo Makkonen (born 1948), Orthodox Archbishop of Finland
• Matti Makkonen (1952–2015), Finnish engineer
• Sini-Maria Makkonen (born 1986), Finnish rapper known by her stage name Sini Sabotage

See also

• The Weeknd (Abel Makkonen Tesfaye; born 1990), Canadian singer and actor whose middle name is spelled as Makkonen,^[1] despite not being of Finnish descent