Centus Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Centus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Centus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1271:797,15176,551
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Centus (31) may also be a first name.

Centus Last Name Facts

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

Centus is most common in The Philippines. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Centus? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,573,888th most commonly held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. Centus occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Centus live; 97 percent live in Southeast Asia and 97 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Centus is also the 1,874,099th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 31 people.

The last name is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is held by 127 people, or 1 in 797,151. In The Philippines Centus is most prevalent in: Eastern Visayas, where 53 percent reside, Calabarzon, where 16 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 13 percent reside. Besides The Philippines this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 1 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Centaus925/
Centu9112/
Chentous861/
Chentu83246/
Centos8371/
Cintus8343/
Kentus8337/
Zentus8314/
Sentus8312/
Jentus838/
Gentus837/
Centeu831/
Centuz831/
Cientos77204/
Sentous7791/
Chentou776/
Quentus773/
Suentus773/
Chesntu772/
Kentous771/
Gentaus771/
Scentos771/
Zhentus771/
Kentush771/
Centosh770/
Sentu73902/
Cintu73307/
Zentu7315/
Cemtu731/
Chentout71304/
Chentouh71122/
Chennttu711/
Kentushe711/
Queentus711/
Kenthous710/
Chintu678,270/
Senteu671,208/
Scintu671,084/
Zentou67873/
Shentu67812/
Sentuc67239/
Sintus67189/
Sentou67157/
Sentos67140/
Sentui67127/
Centoz6785/
Sentut6782/
Kentos6780/
Senthu6759/
Kintus6735/
Sjentu6728/
Cintos6724/
Gintus679/
Sentuz679/
Senthouse676/
Zentos676/
Sentau676/
Sentuy674/
Şentut672/
Jentausch671/
Cintuc671/
Sentup671/
Chemtu671/
Şentuğ671/
Cinthu671/
Syntus670/

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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 Centus
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis