Cerceño Surname

456,743rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 741 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Panama
Highest density in:
Panama

Cerceño Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Cerceño 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
Panama6981:5,605631
Costa Rica331:144,8512,103
Spain101:4,675,20478,608

The alternate forms: Cerceno (9) are calculated separately.

Cerceño Last Name Facts

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

Cerceño occurs most in Panama. It may also occur in the variant forms: Cerceno. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cerceño? popularity and diffusion

Cerceño is the 456,743rd most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 9,834,745 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Cerceño are found; 99 percent are found in Central America and 99 percent are found in Hispano-Central America.

This surname is most frequently used in Panama, where it is carried by 698 people, or 1 in 5,605. In Panama it is most frequent in: Chiriquí Province, where 60 percent live, Panamá Province, where 29 percent live and Panamá Oeste Province, where 6 percent live. Beside Panama this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Costa Rica, where 4 percent live and Spain, where 1 percent live.

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
Cerceno959/
Cerceña8625/
Cerseño861/
Cerciño861/
Sarceño714,662/
Cercena71327/
Serceña71127/
Cercenà717/
Cercená713/
Cercino712/
Sergeño711/
Cercenia67219/
Cerqueña6729/
Cercenas671/
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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 Cerceño
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