Ciesla

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Aus poln. cieśla 'Zimmermann'; Berufsname

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈtʃɛsɫə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Ciesla is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PLPoland1 in 3.4K(measured from records)
  • NONorway1 in 64K
  • IEIreland≈1 in 113K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Poland (measured from records)

11,183 people, 2026

Sources
80 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 3.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Poland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Aus poln. cieśla 'Zimmermann'; Berufsname. Bearer count: 311.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ciesla counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ciesla is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PL Poland#81811,1831 in 3.4K5.6KCiesla80
US United States—1,2371 in 269K1.2KCiesla77
GB United Kingdom—≈260 est.≈1 in 257K—Ciesla24
FR France—≈230 est.≈1 in 297K31——
CA Canada—≈120 est.≈1 in 320K—Ciesla5
NO Norway—861 in 64K86Ciesla5
IE Ireland—≈46 est.≈1 in 113K—Ciesla5
FI Finland—431 in 130K43—1
DK Denmark—381 in 154K38——

11,183 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames), 2026, counting the spelling cieśla. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ciesla is also recorded as 9 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Cieśla

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, United Kingdom

    Also written Cieśla

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Chile, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Cieśla

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Cieśla

  • Danish surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, United States

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

    Also written Cieśla

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Italy, United Kingdom, Canada

    Also written Cieśla

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Egypt

    Also written Cieśla

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Cieśla

  • Swahili surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Cieśla

23 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019201940196019802000Tadeusz Cieśla, b. 1919Ida Ciesla, b. 1933Hank Ciesla, b. 1934Andrew R. Ciesla, b. 1953Claudia Ciesla, b. 1987

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Ciesla,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 20 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Ciesla
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.2K#21,218
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.2K#22,053
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.2K#21,113
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—86#17,353
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193153—
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—43#25,847
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—38#13,581
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196137—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195137—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197135—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198133—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199131—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Ciesla come from?
Aus poln. cieśla 'Zimmermann'; Berufsname. Bearer count: 311. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen.
How do you pronounce Ciesla?
A machine transcription gives /ˈtʃɛsɫə/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Ciesla mean?
Recorded meaning: Aus poln. cieśla 'Zimmermann'; Berufsname.
In which country does Ciesla have the most bearers?
In Poland, the national register counted about 11 thousand people named Ciesla, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ciesla.
Where is Ciesla most common?
Ciesla is densest in Poland, where the national register counts about 1 in 3.4 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Ciesla?
In Poland, the national register counted 11,183 people named Ciesla in 2026, about 1 in 3.4 thousand residents.
How common is Ciesla compared with other names?
In Poland, Ciesla is the 818th most common surname of 240,840 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ciesla” — the 818th most common surname in Poland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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