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- You can search for individual surnames, such as “Virtanen” or “Korhonen”.
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- Enter the surname in its official form, such as “Virtanen-Korhonen” or “von Taffelsson”.
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Material updated 3/31/2025Searched name: "Mäkelä"
| All | Men | Women | In Finland | Abroad | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current name | 18,641 | 9,469 | 9,172 | 17,804 | 837 |
| Previous name | 7,368 | 563 | 6,805 | 6,919 | 449 |
| Deceased | 15,805 | 6,036 | 9,769 | 15,170 | 635 |
| Total | 41,814 | 16,068 | 25,746 | 39,893 | 1,921 |
For privacy reasons, no detailed specifications are provided for surnames that have been given to fewer than ten people in the Population Information System. In such cases, the information is replaced with a dash (–).