Century Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Cyprus

Century Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Century Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India341:22,560,747316,052
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
England131:4,286,005132,302
Afghanistan81:4,019,14821,487
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Century (196) may also be a first name.

Century Last Name Facts

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

The surname Century occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Century.

How Common Is The Last Name Century? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,871,545th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 48 percent of Century live; 44 percent live in South Asia and 35 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 648,004th most widespread first name internationally. It is borne by 196 people.

This surname is most frequent in India, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 22,560,747. In India Century is primarily found in: Sikkim, where 68 percent reside, West Bengal, where 29 percent reside and Delhi, where 3 percent reside. Beside India this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 20 percent reside and Nigeria, where 15 percent reside.

Century Last Name Statistics demography

Century earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In Canada they earn 55.29% more than the national average, earning $77,151 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
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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 Century
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