Frequency: (884)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian: habitational name from any of numerous minor places called Cella or Celle (from cella ‘cell’), because they were once the locations of hermits' cells.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 8%. Carlo (3), Carmine (2), Geno (2), Amelio, Aniello, Concetta, Cosmo, Flavio, Gaetano, Gennaro, Mafalda, Raffaele.
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