Cély Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Cély Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cély Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

The alternate forms: Cely (14,617) & Celý (128) are calculated separately.

Cély (2) may also be a first name.

Cély Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cély is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Cely or Celý. Click here for other possible spellings of Cély.

How Common Is The Last Name Cély? popularity and diffusion

It is the 11,742,229th most widely held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Cély is predominantly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Cély live; 50 percent live in South America and 50 percent live in Luso-South America. Cély is also the 9,404,674th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 2 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 11,496,644. In Belgium it is primarily found in: Walloon Region, where 100 percent live. Beside Belgium this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 50 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cely9214,617/
Celý83128/
Cily7517/
Céli754/
Kély751/
Ceely67417/
Célia67383/
Celoy67291/
Celay67172/
Celey67145/
Ciloy67120/
Célis6770/
Ciley6733/
Cilay6725/
Cealy6721/
Céliz6710/
Coyly674/
Caily673/
Coily673/
Ceily672/
Cuily671/
Gcely671/
Celyh671/
Céler671/
Cayly670/

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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 Cély
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