Cecelia Surname
Approximately 464 people bear this surname
Cecelia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 223 | 1:794,362 | 35,535 |
| Liberia | 79 | 1:55,804 | 4,929 |
| Kosovo | 51 | 1:36,507 | 3,362 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| Philippines | 17 | 1:5,955,190 | 180,670 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Cecelia (123,456) may also be a first name.
Cecelia Demographics
Cecelia Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Cecelia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cecelia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cecelia occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cecelia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cecelia is the 651,048th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,705,918 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Cecelia reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 48 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Cecelia is also the 8,388th most common forename internationally. It is borne by 123,456 people.
The last name Cecelia is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 223 people, or 1 in 794,362. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Bauchi, where 14 percent are found, Benue, where 9 percent are found and Osun, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 17 percent are found and Kosovo, where 11 percent are found.
Cecelia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cecelia
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