Cecils Surname

2,091,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Cecils Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cecils Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa791:685,79449,549
England11:55,718,059489,080
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Cecils (32) may also be a first name.

Cecils Last Name Facts

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

Cecils is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cecils? popularity and diffusion

The last name Cecils is the 2,091,648th most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Cecils reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Cecils is also the 1,840,253rd most prevalent forename internationally. It is borne by 32 people.

The surname Cecils is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 685,794. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 95 percent live and Free State, where 5 percent live. Besides South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Venezuela, where 1 percent live.

Cecils Last Name Statistics demography

Cecils earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.91% less than the national average, earning R 104,772 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ceils911/
Gecils835/
Cecles834/
Cesils831/
Sceils830/
Ceilles7792/
Cheiles777/
Scheils770/
Celes732,735/
Seils73994/
Ciles73122/
Ceuls7318/
Kecls733/
Ceals733/
Zeils732/
Citls731/
Checkles7125/
Cesilles711/
Chiles679,217/
Sheils672,658/
Cheles671,593/
Sceals6790/
Seiles6784/
Celest6744/
Sceles6736/
Cheals6722/
Scheckles6721/
Chails6713/
Celess679/
Celesz678/
Ceillesse677/
Celese676/
Sciles675/
Chicls674/
Celesd674/
Cicels673/
Cicles672/
Segils672/
Scheckels672/
Cisles672/
Ceeles671/
Cesles671/
Cekels671/
Ceyles671/
Ceales671/
Jecles670/
Checkells670/
Ceules670/
Cealse670/

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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 Cecils
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