# Centeno (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/centeno/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,510 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,488 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,278 people |
| Change since 2000 | +42% (10,188 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Senteno |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Centeno, an occupational surname for someone who grew or worked with rye, from Latin centenum, based on a notion that one stalk of rye would produce one-hundred grains.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Centeno in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 4.8% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 90% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |

## Similar surnames

Contino, Condon, Camden, Canton, Cantin.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.