How common is the surname Centeno?

14,510 people in the United States had the surname Centeno in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,278 Americans. It ranked 2,488th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Centeno getting more or less common?

More common. 10,188 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,510 in 2010, up 42%.

The surname Centeno

A Spanish occupational surname, carried by 14,510 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C535

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Centeno is more common than 98.5% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

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.

Centeno is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 14,510 people named Centeno in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,278 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,188.

#2,488

rank among US surnames

14,510

people in 2010

4.9

per 100,000 Americans

+42.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,215)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,479	Stearns	14,554	21,214
#2,480	Nagel	14,545	21,227
#2,481	Weldon	14,538	21,237
#2,482	Handy	14,537	21,239
#2,483	Lorenz	14,528	21,252
#2,484	Crook	14,526	21,255
#2,485	Loomis	14,518	21,266

Who is named Centeno

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

90% of people named Centeno identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Senteno

Surnames that sound like Centeno

Contino

Centeno has the Soundex code C535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C535.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Centeno come from?: 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.
How common is the surname Centeno?: 14,510 people in the United States had the surname Centeno in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,278 Americans. It ranked 2,488th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Centeno?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Centeno identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.8% as white (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Centeno?: Centeno is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Centeno getting more or less common?: More common. 10,188 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,510 in 2010, up 42%.
What are other spellings of Centeno?: Senteno.