Čelko

Čelko

Čelko or Celko is surname of Slovak origin. The surname is rare, there are a few hundreds people with this name in the world. Today the Čelko surname is still primarily found in Slovakia but a few branches of the family line can also be found in areas of USA and Argentina.

Čelkova Lehota
Čelkova Lehota from far

Origin

The name originates from small village Čelkova Lehota (Hungarian: Cselkó-Szabadja, it means "Čelko's settlement") in Považská Bystrica District in Trenčín Region of north-western Slovakia. The village has about 140 - 150 inhabitants, mostly with Čelko surname.

People

  • Joe Celko - relational database expert, Austin, Texas
  • Frank Celko - editor of English and Slovak newspapers in Perth Amboy, New Jersey
  • Vojtech Čelko (1946 -) - Slovak and Czech historian
  • Štefan Čelko (1773 - 1837) - linguist and publicist
  • Ján Čelko - dean of Faculty of Civil Engineering at University of Žilina

Cselkó

  • Ignác Cselkó (Hungarian: Cselkólehotai Cselkó Ignác; 19th century), a Hungarian doctor (hu)
  • István Cselkó (hu) (disambiguation)
    • István Cselkó (Hungarian: Cselkólehotai Cselkó István; 1773 - 1837) (hu)
    • István Cselkó (1847, Zsombolya - 1930, Magyaróvár), a Hungarian economist (hu)
  • József Cselkó (19th century), a Hungarian writer (hu)
  • Károly Cselkó (1793 - 1837, Apátfalva), a Hungarian Catholic clergy (hu)
  • Mihály Cselkó (1811 - ?), a Hungarian Catholic clergy (hu)
  • Tibor Cselkó (born 1931), a Hungarian basketball player
  • dr. László Cselkó (1921-1986), a Hungarian physician (with relatives in Trencin, Slovakia), working in different fields of medicine, lastly Deputy Director-General of the Hungarian Ambulance Service

See also