Cécile Surname
Approximately 271 people bear this surname
Cécile Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 194 | 1:342,385 | 51,549 |
| Seychelles | 53 | 1:1,743 | 378 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Cecile (8,800) & Cecilé (1) are calculated separately.
Cécile (42,000) may also be a first name.
Cécile Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cécile Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cécile is most common in France. It can also be rendered as: Cecile or Cecilé. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cécile? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 961,438th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 26,891,313 people. Cécile occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Cécile reside; 73 percent reside in Western Europe and 73 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Cécile is also the 21,346th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 42,000 people.
It is most common in France, where it is held by 194 people, or 1 in 342,385. In France it is most prevalent in: Île-de-France, where 38 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 17 percent reside and Hauts-de-France, where 11 percent reside. Aside from France Cécile occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The Seychelles, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cecile | 94 | 8,800 | / |
| Cecilé | 89 | 1 | / |
| Chéchile | 86 | 1 | / |
| Cicile | 83 | 36 | / |
| Cycile | 83 | 1 | / |
| Cecilea | 77 | 133 | / |
| Cecilie | 77 | 79 | / |
| Cicilie | 77 | 23 | / |
| Cécilia | 77 | 8 | / |
| Ceciley | 77 | 2 | / |
| Cäcilie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ciciley | 77 | 1 | / |
| Checile | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cecilee | 77 | 0 | / |
| Chechile | 71 | 739 | / |
| Ceceille | 71 | 66 | / |
| Chichile | 71 | 3 | / |
| Chickile | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cecili | 67 | 643 | / |
| Cicili | 67 | 244 | / |
| Cesile | 67 | 157 | / |
| Cicily | 67 | 120 | / |
| Cecila | 67 | 91 | / |
| Cicila | 67 | 37 | / |
| Cikele | 67 | 27 | / |
| Cecily | 67 | 10 | / |
| Cecele | 67 | 6 | / |
| Cicele | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ceceil | 67 | 4 | / |
| Chiochile | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cekile | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cikile | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tchichile | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cecyle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ceschiele | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Cécile
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