as a Last Name
- 348
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Chelius
Meaning & Origins
German: humanistic name adopted in the early 16th century by Pankratius Chelius, Lutheran pastor of Oberwiddersheim, Hesse. His original German name was Kiste, a metonymic occupational name for a maker of chests or boxes.
| 61,804th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 348
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Pennsylvania
- has the most people named Chelius per capita
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