Centre Surname
Approximately 3,769 people bear this surname
Centre Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,093 | 1:46,606 | 5,024 |
| Pakistan | 624 | 1:286,288 | 6,119 |
| Guinea | 474 | 1:24,966 | 485 |
| Kenya | 309 | 1:149,450 | 11,887 |
| Malaysia | 135 | 1:218,476 | 12,676 |
| South Africa | 29 | 1:1,868,197 | 87,346 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Argentina | 16 | 1:2,671,463 | 118,579 |
| Colombia | 11 | 1:4,343,097 | 17,306 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 45 | 1:1,115,971 | 64,142 |
Centre (5,331) may also be a first name.
Centre Demographics
Average Centre Salary in
England
£28,490
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Centre Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Centre Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Centre occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Centre? popularity and diffusion
Centre is the 121,498th most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,933,549 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Centre live; 64 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 92,392nd most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 5,331 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is held by 2,093 people, or 1 in 46,606. Other than Ethiopia this last name is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 17 percent are found and Guinea, where 13 percent are found.
Centre Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Centre has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Centre surname fell 80 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Centre Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Centre earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 60.11% less than the national average, earning R 94,800 per year; in Colombia they earn 15.59% less than the national average, earning $19,162,800 COP per year and in Canada they earn 20.6% less than the national average, earning $39,448 CAD per year.
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Centre Reference & Research
Center FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Centre
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis