Cecelja Surname

1,118,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 217 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Cecelja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cecelja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia1581:26,7635,540
Slovenia181:138,20413,237
Belgium171:676,27358,718
Serbia141:510,35319,964
England41:13,929,515290,718
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Cecelja Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cecelja Come From? nationality or country of origin

Cecelja is borne by more people in Croatia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cecelja? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,118,459th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,583,161 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Cecelja reside; 88 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 88 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Cecelja is most frequently held in Croatia, where it is borne by 158 people, or 1 in 26,763. In Croatia Cecelja is primarily concentrated in: City of Zagreb, where 27 percent live, Varaždin County, where 27 percent live and Osijek-Baranja County, where 18 percent live. Beside Croatia this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Slovenia, where 8 percent live and Belgium, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cecelija937/
Cecylja861/
Cecilija802/
Schetelja752/
Seselja71333/
Šekelja71146/
Cecilea71133/
Šešelja71109/
Sekelja7120/
Šetelja711/
Cecelie711/
Keselja711/
Cecılıa711/
Celleja711/
Sechelea676/
Kekelija675/
Gegelija672/

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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 Cecelja
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