Zentins Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Zentins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zentins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia91:227,78322,848
Canada21:18,422,796409,488

The alternate forms: Žentiņš (1) are calculated separately.

Zentins Last Name Facts

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

The last name Zentins occurs most in Latvia. It may also be rendered as a variant: Žentiņš. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Zentins? popularity and diffusion

Zentins is the 5,812,366th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Zentins occurs predominantly in Europe, where 82 percent of Zentins reside; 82 percent reside in Northern Europe and 82 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

Zentins is most numerous in Latvia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 227,783. In Latvia it is most frequent in: Vidzeme, where 56 percent live, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 33 percent live and Riga Planning Region, where 11 percent live. Barring Latvia it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 18 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jentins863/
Žentiņš861/
Zemtins861/
Gentins861/
Seuntiens7572/
Seuntiëns7540/
Gentens71168/
Cintins7111/
Jentens714/
Gintins711/
Sntns671/
Suentens671/
Senthens670/
Genthens670/
Shintins670/
Schintins630/
Simtins575/
Sentence5349/
Tsyntynsh502/
Chentenje501/

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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 Zentins
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