The Ceran surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 100 people carried this name — #160,975 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,333,300 people counted. That is down 14% from 116 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
555 people named Ceran have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 603 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Łódź.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 139 people named Ceran 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
79 people named Ceran live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Stadt.
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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 77 people named Ceran.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Meuse.
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 the Nordic population registers
40 people named Ceran is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
Who carried it
People named Ceran,
with a public archive behind them.
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Waldemar Ceran 1936–2009 · historian
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Dorota Ceran 1961– · writer
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Tomasz Sylwiusz Ceran 1983– · historian
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Efe Ceran 2001– · basketball player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ceran.
- Cenatiempo 203 · U.S. census
- Cenci 537 · U.S. census
- Centa 177 · U.S. census
- Centofanti 726 · U.S. census
- Centonze 166 · U.S. census
- Cera 1,224 · U.S. census
- Cerato 165 · U.S. census
- Cercy 155 · U.S. census
- Cerda 17,703 · U.S. census
- Cerdan 260 · U.S. census
- Ceres 232 · U.S. census
- Ceresa 295 · U.S. census
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