Centner Surname

300,507th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,265 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Croatia

Centner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Centner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5951:609,17549,462
Germany2531:318,20331,987
Poland1621:234,62230,119
Croatia711:59,55811,098
Belgium351:328,47637,084
South Africa311:1,747,66884,236
Czechia181:590,74858,011
Serbia171:420,29118,230
Austria121:709,62061,025
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Belarus101:950,10668,851
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Slovenia51:497,53521,006
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
France11:66,422,722504,397
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States581:865,83952,959

Centner Last Name Facts

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

The last name Centner is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Centner click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Centner? popularity and diffusion

It is the 300,507th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 5,760,906 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 48 percent of Centner are found; 48 percent are found in North America and 48 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 595 people, or 1 in 609,175. In The United States it is primarily found in: New York, where 14 percent live, California, where 13 percent live and Florida, where 6 percent live. Other than The United States Centner is found in 24 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 20 percent live and Poland, where 13 percent live.

Centner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Centner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Centner surname increased 1,026 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Centner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Centner surname are 21.58% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.35% registered with the party.

The amount Centner earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 144.9% more than the national average, earning R 581,964 per year; in United States they earn 10.88% more than the national average, earning $47,845 USD per year and in Canada they earn 62.51% more than the national average, earning $80,739 CAD 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Centner
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