Cilliers Surname
Approximately 11,641 people bear this surname
Cilliers Surname Definition:
“Cellarer” or “Cellar” in French, particularly for wine and originally restricted to monasteries.
Cilliers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 10,959 | 1:4,944 | 630 |
| England | 143 | 1:389,637 | 27,109 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| United States | 114 | 1:3,179,464 | 183,182 |
| Australia | 91 | 1:296,656 | 26,074 |
| Thailand | 31 | 1:2,278,656 | 255,572 |
| New Zealand | 30 | 1:150,944 | 17,319 |
| Mozambique | 25 | 1:1,090,463 | 1,880 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
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.
Cilliers Demographics
Average Male Cilliers Height
174.88 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Cilliers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cilliers Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cilliers occurs most in South Africa. It may occur in the variant forms: Cilliërs. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cilliers? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 44,637th most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by around 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 prevalent forename in the world, held by 197 people.
The last name is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 10,959 people, or 1 in 4,944. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 33 percent reside, Western Cape, where 20 percent reside and Free State, where 11 percent reside. Besides South Africa Cilliers occurs 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 US average, with 76.19% registered to vote for the political 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cilliërs | 96 | 1 | / |
| Cilliersz | 94 | 2 | / |
| Cillietrs | 94 | 1 | / |
| Hcilliers | 94 | 1 | / |
| Cillers | 93 | 6 | / |
| Celliers | 88 | 1,954 | / |
| Chillers | 88 | 200 | / |
| Cilleirs | 88 | 1 | / |
| Scillers | 88 | 1 | / |
| Schillers | 82 | 48 | / |
| Sillers | 80 | 751 | / |
| Cellers | 80 | 112 | / |
| Zillers | 80 | 5 | / |
| Cyllers | 80 | 1 | / |
| Schillerås | 78 | 5 | / |
| Schillerst | 78 | 1 | / |
| Selliers | 75 | 36 | / |
| Chellers | 75 | 17 | / |
| Shillers | 75 | 4 | / |
| Scellers | 75 | 1 | / |
| Celleurs | 75 | 0 | / |
| Siellers | 75 | 0 | / |
| Sillears | 75 | 0 | / |
| Kliers | 71 | 16 | / |
| Schellers | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shelliers | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sellers | 67 | 63,617 | / |
| Zellers | 67 | 4,188 | / |
| Sellirs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zoellers | 63 | 113 | / |
| Sellears | 63 | 72 | / |
| Shellers | 63 | 3 | / |
| Soellers | 63 | 2 | / |
| Sällerås | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sesllers | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sellersj | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sellerrs | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sellaers | 63 | 1 | / |
| Saellers | 63 | 0 | / |
| Zaellers | 63 | 0 | / |
| D'Sellers | 59 | 1 | / |
| Kläers | 57 | 1 | / |
| Klyers | 57 | 1 | / |
| Sellurs | 53 | 3 | / |
| Sellours | 50 | 0 | / |
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Cilliers Reference & Research
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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
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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 Cilliers
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