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.

Certenais Surname Distribution Map

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

Certenais is found most frequently in France. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Certenais? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,101,507th most commonly occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 32,826,783 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Certenais are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Certenais is most widely held in France, where it is held by 211 people, or 1 in 314,800. In France Certenais is primarily concentrated in: Brittany, where 50 percent are found, Pays de la Loire, where 35 percent are found and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 9 percent are found. Not including France this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Belgium, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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
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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 Certenais
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