Centoira Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Centoira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Centoira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain661:708,36430,810
Argentina261:1,643,97788,124
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Centoira Last Name Facts

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

The surname Centoira is found in Spain more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Centoira? popularity and diffusion

The last name Centoira is the 1,931,261st most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. The last name Centoira is primarily found in Europe, where 71 percent of Centoira live; 71 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 71 percent live in Iberian Europe.

Centoira is most common in Spain, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 708,364. In Spain it is mostly concentrated in: Galicia, where 73 percent reside and Madrid, where 27 percent reside. Outside of Spain this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 28 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Centoira
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