Cilliers Surname

44,637th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,641 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Cilliers Surname Definition:

“Cellarer” or “Cellar” in French, particularly for wine and originally restricted to monasteries.

Cilliers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa10,9591:4,944630
England1431:389,63727,109
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
United States1141:3,179,464183,182
Australia911:296,65626,074
Thailand311:2,278,656255,572
New Zealand301:150,94417,319
Mozambique251:1,090,4631,880
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Wales51:618,90625,852
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Botswana41:546,73222,624
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Panama41:978,06412,245
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
China21:683,660,78330,601
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813

The alternate forms: Cilliërs (1) are calculated separately.

Cilliers (197) may also be a first name.

Cilliers Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Cellarer” or “Cellar” in French, particularly for wine and originally restricted to monasteries.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Cilliers Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cilliers occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Cilliërs. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cilliers? popularity and diffusion

It is the 44,637th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 626,024 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Cilliers reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Cilliers is also the 646,152nd most frequent first name on earth, borne by 197 people.

This surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 10,959 people, or 1 in 4,944. In South Africa Cilliers is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 33 percent reside, Western Cape, where 20 percent reside and Free State, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa Cilliers is found in 44 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and Malawi, where 1 percent reside.

Cilliers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Cilliers surname are 29.42% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 76.19% registered with the party.

The amount Cilliers earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 90.18% more than the national average, earning R 451,944 per year and in United States they earn 1.91% more than the national average, earning $43,972 USD per year.

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Cilliers Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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