Cele Surname
Approximately 104,010 people bear this surname
Cele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 102,346 | 1:529 | 37 |
| Zimbabwe | 564 | 1:27,373 | 4,206 |
| Swaziland | 278 | 1:4,670 | 333 |
| Uganda | 159 | 1:245,530 | 18,354 |
| DR Congo | 144 | 1:513,053 | 40,658 |
| England | 131 | 1:425,329 | 28,711 |
| Argentina | 106 | 1:403,240 | 30,872 |
| United States | 54 | 1:6,712,202 | 314,667 |
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| Italy | 25 | 1:2,446,268 | 94,040 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Taiwan | 15 | 1:1,562,983 | 10,375 |
| Iceland | 10 | 1:38,009 | 2,599 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 1:615,012 | 18,081 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
The alternate forms: Çele (194), Celè (4), Celé (2), Čele (1) & Celê (1) are calculated separately.
Cele (6,973) may also be a first name.
Cele Demographics
Average Male Cele Height
166.82 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Cele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cele (Arabic: سيلى) occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Çele, Celè, Celé, Čele or Celê. Click here for other potential spellings of Cele.
How Common Is The Last Name Cele? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,450th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 70,066 people. Cele is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Cele live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Cele is also the 77,762nd most widespread first name on earth It is held by 6,973 people.
Cele is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 102,346 people, or 1 in 529. In South Africa Cele is most numerous in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 84 percent reside, Gauteng, where 7 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 4 percent reside. Beside South Africa Cele occurs in 60 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside and Swaziland, where 0 percent reside.
Cele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Cele has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 318 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Cele Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Cele earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 40.96% less than the national average, earning R 140,304 per year and in United States they earn 10.77% less than the national average, earning $38,500 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cele in the Arabic language | ||
| سيلى | syly | - |
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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
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- 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 Cele
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