Celaya is used as a family name or surname in Mexico. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Celaya
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Mexico
Meaning: Worn in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Spain, the name is the Basque "Zelai" (or "Zelhai") followed by Article postponed (-a), which designates a tray, a plain, a cultivated field.

How popular is Celaya?

Celaya is common in Mexico.

Celaya is ranked 20351 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Celayas grew by 27.3621 per cent to 4664 since 2000 and ranked 7173 after elevating 1146 spots. The last name was found in around 16 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 87.52 85.2
White 10.01 11.82
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.74 1.86
Others 0.39 0.82
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.19 0
Black 0.15 0
Celaya is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Mexico which signifies that it is originated from Mexico. Around 25508 people have been found who wears Celaya as their family name. Celaya is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,113 Costa Rica5
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
50,640 Switzerland2
139,444 Brazil2
5,671 Guatemala2
24,269 Peru2
25,746 Finland1
12,741 Ecuador1
49,101 Denmark1
24,771 Colombia1
9,116 Nicaragua1
107,212 South Africa1
7,314 Bolivia1
1,704,541 India1
31,207 Ireland1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
153,416 Italy1
12,270 Lebanon1
40,340 Malaysia1
5,916 Mozambique1
9,591 Panama1
172,258 Germany1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
38,841 Scotland1
36,678 Singapore1
77,122 Sweden1
5,924 Paraguay1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
107,506 England27
133,639 Canada18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,374 Chile99
5,778 Uruguay86
Countries with hundreds of Celaya:
4,219 Venezuela426
66,174 France147
Countries with thousands of Celaya:
9,099 United States4,070
2,521 Spain1,913
4,979 Argentina1,045
Countries with ten thousands of Celaya:
860 Mexico17,641
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Comments

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Hettie Tarlton
 The origin of the name is the Basque Surname zelhai comes from the word meaning the plateau plain field name specifies a characteristic of the ancestral home.

Celaya Namesakes

  • Angelica Celaya, Actress
  • Angelica Celaya, Actress
  • Angelica Celaya, Actress
  • Gabriel Celaya, Poet
  • Chanel Celaya, Actress
  • Enrique Martinez Celaya, Artist
  • José Celaya, Boxer
  • Jason Celaya, Film actor
  • Raul Celaya, Film producer
  • Juan Gabriel Celaya, Soccer Player
  • Christen Gee Celaya, from 2015 drama, romance movie Dreams of You & Me, who portrayed The Dream Girl.

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