Centena Surname
Approximately 1,247 people bear this surname
Centena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 377 | 1:567,836 | 21,214 |
| Uruguay | 342 | 1:10,034 | 1,127 |
| Philippines | 183 | 1:553,214 | 62,319 |
| Argentina | 128 | 1:333,933 | 26,358 |
| Colombia | 96 | 1:497,647 | 7,028 |
| Spain | 41 | 1:1,140,294 | 40,056 |
| United States | 37 | 1:9,796,187 | 405,931 |
| Venezuela | 23 | 1:1,313,221 | 18,235 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Centeña (1) are calculated separately.
Centena (14) may also be a first name.
Centena Demographics
Average Centena Salary in
United States
$46,967 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Centena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Centena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Centena (Arabic: سنتينا) is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Centeña. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Centena? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 303,968th most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 5,844,062 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Centena live; 78 percent live in South America and 38 percent live in Hispanic Southern America. It is also the 3,024,661st most common first name world-wide, held by 14 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is held by 377 people, or 1 in 567,836. In Brazil Centena is mostly concentrated in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 80 percent reside, Santa Catarina, where 10 percent reside and Paraná, where 4 percent reside. Beside Brazil Centena occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Uruguay, where 27 percent reside and The Philippines, where 15 percent reside.
Centena Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Centena has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,233 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Centena Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Centena earn in different countries varies markedly. In Colombia they earn 26.7% less than the national average, earning $16,642,000 COP per year and in United States they earn 8.85% more than the national average, earning $46,967 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Centena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Centena in the Arabic language | ||
| سنتينا | sntyna | - |
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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 Centena
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