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The surname Cella

A surname, carried by 2,110 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C400

Cella: #14,220 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cella #14,220, 2,110 people Cella: #14,220 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cella #14,220, 2,110 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cella is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,110 people named Cella in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,325 Americans. That is down 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,185.

#14,220
rank among US surnames
2,110
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
-3.4%
change since 2000 (was #12,902)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,213Fodor2,112146,186
#14,215Cruickshank2,111146,256
#14,220Cella2,110146,325
#14,223Lohse2,109146,394
#14,227Kepner2,108146,464

Who is named Cella

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

94% of people named Cella identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cella

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

Questions

How common is the surname Cella?
2,110 people in the United States had the surname Cella in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,325 Americans. It ranked 14,220th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cella?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Cella identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Cella getting more or less common?
Less common. 2,185 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,110 in 2010, down 3.4%.