Celeb Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Celeb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Celeb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria831:2,134,25073,634
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

The alternate forms: Çeleb (30) are calculated separately.

Celeb (475) may also be a first name.

Celeb Last Name Facts

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

The last name Celeb is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Çeleb. For other potential spellings of Celeb click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Celeb? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,860,621st most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Celeb live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Celeb is also the 390,402nd most commonly occurring given name worldwide, held by 475 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 2,134,250. In Nigeria Celeb is most prevalent in: Taraba, where 29 percent live, Lagos, where 11 percent live and Niger, where 11 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live and Israel, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Çeleb9330/
Cheleb916/
Celesb913/
Celebs913/
Ciesleb831/
Celep809,521/
Keleb802,823/
Seleb80133/
Celev8029/
Celib809/
Geleb808/
Zeleb802/
Cileb801/
Celew801/
Chelef731,109/
Djeleb73126/
Chelew7368/
Jetleb7354/
Selebø7332/
Chelev7319/
Sheleb7314/
Kelieb735/
Celeva732/
Keleib732/
Keileb732/
Chelib732/
Celepe731/
Keleeb731/
Celevs731/
Geyleb731/
Celefe731/
Keleyb731/
Keeleb731/
Kejleb731/
Celeev731/
Chelepe67125/
Seelieb6746/
Seeleib6742/
Schelew6741/
Dzheleb6717/
Schelev6710/
Chelipe678/
Cheleev676/
Chehlev676/
Sceleva675/
Cheleaf671/
Cheslev671/
Schelef671/
Scielew671/
Chelaib671/
Djealeb671/
Sheleeb671/
Sheleib671/
Shheleb671/
Celaipe671/
Scelepe671/

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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 Celeb
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