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 held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Centner? popularity and diffusion

It is the 300,507th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 5,760,906 people. The last name Centner is predominantly found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Centner reside; 48 percent reside in North America and 48 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Centner is most common in The United States, where it is held by 595 people, or 1 in 609,175. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 14 percent reside, California, where 13 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Outside of The United States this last name exists in 24 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 20 percent reside and Poland, where 13 percent reside.

Centner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Centner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Centner last name expanded 1,026 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Centner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Centner last name are 21.58% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 68.35% being 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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