Cigelj Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cigelj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cigelj Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina731:48,4446,146
Croatia181:234,92226,068
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Cigelj Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cigelj occurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Cigelj.

How Common Is The Last Name Cigelj? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,849,867th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Cigelj reside; 92 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 92 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly used in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 48,444. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Cigelj is most common in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 100 percent live. Aside from Bosnia and Herzegovina it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 18 percent live and Germany, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cizelj83170/
Chigele7741/
Cigelis771/
Czigele771/
Scigela771/
Ciegele770/
Chigheli713/
Chigueli711/
Sigela67500/
Gigele67236/
Sigele67145/
Kegelj6795/
Kigele6781/
Ciceli6744/
Kigela6728/
Čegelj6711/
Zigele677/
Ciglez677/
Cizela677/
Cicele675/
Cigile675/
Sigeli675/
Ciglec675/
Cecelj674/
Scheigele672/
Jigeli672/
Zigela671/
Cegely671/
Ciseli671/
Cegele671/
Cigili671/

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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 Cigelj
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