Centenario Surname

1,194,481st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 198 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Argentina

Centenario Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Centenario Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1151:1,861,51659,915
Argentina411:1,042,52264,438
Peru151:2,118,94225,723
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295

The alternate forms: Centenário (11) are calculated separately.

Centenario (19) may also be a first name.

Centenario Last Name Facts

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

Centenario occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Centenário. For other potential spellings of Centenario click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Centenario? popularity and diffusion

The surname Centenario is the 1,194,481st most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 36,805,787 people. The last name Centenario is mostly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Centenario live; 92 percent live in South America and 58 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 2,523,061st most widely held forename worldwide. It is borne by 19 people.

The surname is most frequent in Brazil, where it is carried by 115 people, or 1 in 1,861,516. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: São Paulo, where 41 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 35 percent live and Rio Grande do Sul, where 12 percent live. Excluding Brazil it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 21 percent live and Peru, where 8 percent live.

Centenario Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Centenario earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Peru they earn 7.91% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,852 per year and in Colombia they earn 5.7% more than the national average, earning $23,995,900 COP per year.

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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 Centenario
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