How rare is the last name Cecil?

11,545 people in the United States have the last name Cecil, about 1 in 25,890. It ranks #3,038 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

CECIL

#3,038

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,545
About
1 in 25,890
This common or more
52.7%
Who bears it

Of the 11,545 people with the last name Cecil, 88.7% reported their origin as White, 3.5% as two or more races and 3.4% as Black. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Cecil

#3,036 Slone · 11,550#3,037 Menendez · 11,548#3,039 Hamrick · 11,535#3,040 Duckworth · 11,527

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cecil, most common first.

#115,686 Cecile · 160

Also a first name

As a first name, Cecil ranks #1,101 of 53,615, with 37,487 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1920, with 2,672 births. See Cecil as a first name

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