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Early Origins of the Celle family

The surname Celle was first found in Forez, a former province of France, now part of the modern Loire, the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme départements, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in this region and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived. They were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.

Early History of the Celle family

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Celle Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Cella, Celle, Cella, Celli, Cellari, Cellani, Cellesi, Cela, Celle, Celletti, Cellini, Cellucci, Cellini, Celles, Cellotto, Celloni, Cellurza, Cillurza and many more.

Early Notables of the Celle family

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Celle Ranking

In France, the name Celle is the 2,129th most popular surname with an estimated 2,980 people with that name. 1


United States Celle migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Celle Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • John P Celle, who arrived in Alabama in 1858 2


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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