Certenais Surname

1,101,507th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 222 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Certenais Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Certenais 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
France2111:314,80047,893
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166

Certenais Last Name Facts

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

The last name Certenais occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Certenais? popularity and diffusion

Certenais is the 1,101,507th most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 32,826,783 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Certenais live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in France, where it is held by 211 people, or 1 in 314,800. In France Certenais is most numerous in: Brittany, where 50 percent reside, Pays de la Loire, where 35 percent reside and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account France Certenais exists in one country. It is also common in Belgium, where 5 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
Kertenis8265/
Certaines781/
Certina755/
Certene751/
Crettenois744/
Chertenysh742/
Chertina71209/
Chertyna7120/
Certaine719/
Chertini712/
Sertonis711/
Sertenes711/
Chirteni711/
Chirtena711/
Hjertenes6787/
Cherteiny675/
Sortenhis673/
Certuhina671/
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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 Certenais
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