Salmela is a Finnish surname.
Geographical distribution As of 2014, 81.1% of all known bearers of the surname Salmela were residents of Finland (frequency 1:1,061), 9.0% of the United States (1:628,263), 4.4% of Sweden (1:35,293), 2.4% of Estonia (1:8,638) and 1.2% of Australia (1:316,985).
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,061) in the following regions:Salmela surname distribution Central Ostrobothnia (1:289) Lapland (1:290) North Ostrobothnia (1:466) Central Finland (1:839) Pirkanmaa (1:1,035)
People Anssi Salmela (born 1984), Finnish ice hockey defenceman Heikki Salmela (born 1946), Finnish businessman Hugo Salmela (1884–1918), Red Guard military leader Jukka Salmela (born 1958), Finnish speedskater Martta Salmela-Järvinen (1892–1987), Finnish politician and author Minna Salmela (born 1971), Finnish swimmer Saku Salmela (born 1990), Finnish ice hockey defenceman
See also Art Centre Salmela in Finland
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