The Celik surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 682 people carried this name — #33,450 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 92% from 356 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 1,977 people named Celik live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,570 people named Celik live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 269 people named Celik.
Most of them — 214 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Gironde.
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 Poland’s population register
55 people named Celik have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 565 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
1,371 people named Celik are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Celik in American newspapers,
1905–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 299 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Celik,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mervan Çelik 1990– · association football player -
Susanne Celik 1994– · tennis player -
Tarik Celik 1996– · professional gamer -
Zeynel Çelik 1953– · karateka
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Monika Çelik 1964– · consultant
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Devrim Çelik 1980– · mathematician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 23 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Celik.
- 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
- Celia 597 · 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
- Cena 773 · U.S. census
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