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 in South Africa. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cecils? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,091,648th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. The surname Cecils is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Cecils live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly occurring forename worldwide It is held by 32 people.

The surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 685,794. In South Africa Cecils is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 95 percent reside and Free State, where 5 percent reside. Aside from South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and Venezuela, where 1 percent reside.

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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