Ćelić Surname

390,407th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 907 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Ćelić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ćelić Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia4721:8,9591,544
Serbia3141:22,7552,569
Slovenia791:31,4906,299
Bosnia and Herzegovina291:121,9459,226
Kosovo111:169,2616,833
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546

The alternate forms: Čelić (1,940), Celić (497), Ćelič (4), Celic (621), Čelič (53) & Celič (35) are calculated separately.

Ćelić Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ćelić occurs in Croatia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant: Čelić, Celić, Ćelič, Celic, Čelič or Celič. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ćelić? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 390,407th most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,034,781 people. Ćelić occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Ćelić live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in Croatia, where it is borne by 472 people, or 1 in 8,959. In Croatia Ćelić is most common in: Split-Dalmatia County, where 47 percent live, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, where 24 percent live and City of Zagreb, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Croatia it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 35 percent live and Slovenia, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Čelić931,940/
Celić93497/
Ćelič934/
Celic87621/
Čelič8753/
Celič8735/
Ćalić801,710/
Ćolić8075/
Ćilić809/
Čeulić7312/
Dzelić733/
Chelić731/
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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 Ćelić
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