The Celia surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 597 people carried this name — #37,341 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is down 14% from 697 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Celia surname
A surname originating as a matronymic.
From Latin Caelia, feminine form of Caelius.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Celia» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 367 people named Celia live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 52 people named Celia.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
44 people named Celia live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Celia,
with a public archive behind them.
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Daniel J. Celia 1953–2022 · author
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Michael Anthony Celia 1956– · professor
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Nadia Celia 1997– · actor
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Raffaele Celia 1999– · association football player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Celia.
- Cecile 150 · U.S. census
- Cecilia 286 · U.S. census
- Celeste 1,398 · U.S. census
- Celestin 3,083 · U.S. census
- Celestine 4,680 · U.S. census
- Celi 706 · U.S. census
- Celik 682 · U.S. census
- Celin 161 · U.S. census
- Cella 2,110 · U.S. census
- Celli 1,196 · U.S. census
- Celotto 259 · U.S. census
- Cely 279 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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