The surname Ciesla
A Polish occupational surname, carried by 1,237 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex C240
Origin
Polish origin
From Polish Cieśla (“Carpenter”).
Ciesla is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.
One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,237 people named Ciesla in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 249,592 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,159.
Who is named Ciesla
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
97% of people named Ciesla identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 97%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- Two or more races 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Ciesla
Ciesla has the Soundex code C240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C240.
Other Polish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Ciesla come from?
- From Polish Cieśla (“Carpenter”).
- How common is the surname Ciesla?
- 1,237 people in the United States had the surname Ciesla in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,592 Americans. It ranked 21,218th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Ciesla?
- In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Ciesla identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- What type of surname is Ciesla?
- Ciesla is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
- Is the surname Ciesla getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,237 in 2010, up 6.7%.