Celigny Surname

1,691,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Celigny Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Celigny Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti691:154,8396,504
France421:1,581,493147,826
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Céligny (2) are calculated separately.

Celigny (87) may also be a first name.

Celigny Last Name Facts

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

The surname Celigny is held by more people in Haiti than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Céligny. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Celigny? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,691,963rd most widespread last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 86 percent of Celigny are found; 84 percent are found in Caribbean and 83 percent are found in Gallo-Caribbean. Celigny is also the 1,024,927th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 87 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Haiti, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 154,839. In Haiti Celigny is most common in: Ouest, where 97 percent live and Nord, where 1 percent live. Apart from Haiti this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in France, where 36 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Céligny952/
Seligny8613/
Selegny718/
Séligny711/
Seligna711/
Seligne710/
Tchiligni6312/
Tchiligne631/
Zelegne5711/
Sélégny576/
Selegna575/
Kelegna575/
Kiligni571/
Chilegni531/
Tchilegni501/

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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 Celigny
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