Celestus Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Greece

Celestus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Celestus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Celestus (49) may also be a first name.

Celestus Last Name Facts

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

The surname Celestus is found most in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Celestus click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Celestus? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Celestus reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 49 people.

The last name Celestus is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Celestus is mostly concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 100 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Greece, where 17 percent reside and Malaysia, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Celetus9315/
Selestus884/
Kelestus881/
Zeletus8091/
Celitus803/
Seletus801/
Celetux801/
Kelistus752/
Seletu712/
Zeletu711/
Kelistos631/
Chelitou631/
Kilystus631/
Selitu571/
Seletos5378/
Shilstut5014/

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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 Celestus
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