Celem Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Celem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 53 | 1:4,039,138 | 109,837 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Çelem (848) & Célem (5) are calculated separately.
Celem (105) may also be a first name.
Celem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Celem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Celem is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Çelem or Célem. Click here for other potential spellings of Celem.
How Common Is The Last Name Celem? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,061,309th most common last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. The last name Celem is mostly found in The Americas, where 82 percent of Celem are found; 76 percent are found in South America and 64 percent are found in Luso-South America. Celem is also the 920,134th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 105 people.
It is most widespread in Brazil, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 4,039,138. In Brazil it is most common in: Rio de Janeiro, where 89 percent are found, Paraná, where 4 percent are found and Bahia, where 2 percent are found. Other than Brazil this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 12 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Celem
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