Cillié Surname

1,231,034th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 189 people bear this surname

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

Cillié Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cillié Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1851:292,85228,409
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015

The alternate forms: Cillie (693) & Cilliè (1) are calculated separately.

Cillié (14) may also be a first name.

Cillié Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cillié is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Cillie or Cilliè. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cillié? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cillié is the 1,231,034th most widespread family name globally It is held by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. Cillié occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Cillié reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequent first name globally, held by 14 people.

The last name Cillié is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 185 people, or 1 in 292,852. In South Africa Cillié is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 41 percent reside, Western Cape, where 36 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 9 percent reside. Barring South Africa this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cillie94693/
Cilliè941/
Chillié922/
Cellié837/
Cillier77225/
Chillie7729/
Cilliez7717/
Cillies771/
Ciellie771/
Scillie771/
Chillier71119/
Schillie7164/
Chilliez7114/
Chilliet7110/
Chillies717/
Tchillie711/
Chillieh711/
Cellie67355/
Killie67205/
Sillie67188/
Zillie6721/
Qillie679/
Schillies678/
Kcllie672/
Cllier672/
Schillier672/
Silljé671/
Schilliet670/

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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 Cillié
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