Centaurus Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Centaurus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Centaurus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia341:70,8657,497
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Centaurus Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Centaurus Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Centaurus occurs most in Namibia. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Centaurus.

How Common Is The Last Name Centaurus? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,323,005th most frequently used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Centaurus reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Centaurus is most common in Namibia, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 70,865. In Namibia it is mostly concentrated in: Khomas Region, where 97 percent live and Hardap Region, where 3 percent live. Beside Namibia this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Pakistan, where 3 percent live.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Centaurus
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