Sentance Surname

474,151st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 706 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Sentance Surname Definition:

From some local name, perhaps St. Anne's. St. Anne is the name of a mountain of France, dep. Orne; of a maritime village, Guadeloupe; of another village in Martinique; of some parishes in the West Indies; and of one in the island of Alderney; of a river of Lower Canada, and of a lake in British North America.

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Sentance Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5251:106,13011,099
Australia551:490,83137,357
Canada531:695,20056,020
United States501:7,249,179331,838
France101:6,642,272293,169
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2421:100,72510,154
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Sentance Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From some local name, perhaps St. Anne's. St. Anne is the name of a mountain of France, dep. Orne; of a maritime village, Guadeloupe; of another village in Martinique; of some parishes in the West Indies; and of one in the island of Alderney; of a river of Lower Canada, and of a lake in British North America.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Perhaps for Septvans, from Sept Vents, Normandy, a family formerly of great importance in Kent.

The Norman People (1874)

From St. Anne’s; a location name in Cornwall.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Sentance Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sentance is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sentance? popularity and diffusion

It is the 474,151st most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,322,303 people. Sentance is mostly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Sentance reside; 75 percent reside in Northern Europe and 75 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname Sentance is most commonly occurring in England, where it is borne by 525 people, or 1 in 106,130. In England Sentance is most prevalent in: Lincolnshire, where 25 percent live, Nottinghamshire, where 12 percent live and Leicestershire, where 9 percent live. Barring England Sentance exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 8 percent live and Canada, where 8 percent live.

Sentance Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sentance has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Sentance surname grew 217 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 714 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sentance Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sentance last name are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sentance earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 22.34% more than the national average, earning $52,790 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.3% more than the national average, earning $53,806 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sentange881/
Ssentanze821/
Sentans800/
Saentansee782/
Sentanzi7514/
Centonce755/
Sintange751/
Sentonze751/
Ssentanzi711/
Sintanchi711/
Sentons670/
Centonze634,931/
Centonse635/
Sentonji632/
Chentonze596/
Centonzie593/
Chintanje592/
Chenthankij531/
Sintons531/
Centonza50395/
Sintonji5051/

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