How common is the surname Celia?

597 people in the United States had the surname Celia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 517,162 Americans. It ranked 37,341st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Celia?

In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Celia identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Celia getting more or less common?

Less common. 697 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 597 in 2010, down 14%.

Is Celia also a first name?

Yes. Celia is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Celia

An Italian surname, carried by 597 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C400 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Celia is more common than 77% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Latin Caelia, feminine of Roman family name Caelius, probably from caelum (“heaven”). Introduced into English by William Shakespeare in As You Like It.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 597 people named Celia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 517,162 Americans. That is down 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 697.

#37,341

rank among US surnames

597

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-14.3%

change since 2000 (was #31,426)

Who is named Celia

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

84% of people named Celia identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Two or more races 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Celia

Celia has the Soundex code C400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C400.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Celia come from?: Borrowed from Latin Caelia, feminine of Roman family name Caelius, probably from caelum (“heaven”). Introduced into English by William Shakespeare in As You Like It.
How common is the surname Celia?: 597 people in the United States had the surname Celia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 517,162 Americans. It ranked 37,341st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Celia?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Celia identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Celia getting more or less common?: Less common. 697 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 597 in 2010, down 14%.
Is Celia also a first name?: Yes. Celia is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.