Central Surname

150,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,921 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guinea
Highest density in:
Guinea

Central Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Central Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guinea2,8401:4,167211
Iran541:1,421,89957,683
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Central (265) may also be a first name.

Central Last Name Facts

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

The surname Central occurs in Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Central? popularity and diffusion

The last name Central is the 150,861st most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,494,880 people. The surname Central occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Central reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Mande Africa. Central is also the 546,451st most widespread first name on earth, borne by 265 people.

The surname is most numerous in Guinea, where it is carried by 2,840 people, or 1 in 4,167. In Guinea Central is mostly concentrated in: Boké Region, where 100 percent reside. Not including Guinea Central is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 2 percent reside and Malaysia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Centrale932/
Coentral931/
Sentral8627/
Zentral865/
Gentral861/
Cintral861/
Tsentral8022/
Kentrail802/
Kentrall800/
Quentrall750/
Jintral711/
Kintral710/
Quintral6716/
Sentroul673/
Tsentralova673/
Sintreal671/
Sintrail671/
Quintrall6377/
Quintrail634/
Zntrolova501/
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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 Central
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