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    The surname Cetina

    A Spanish place surname, carried by 537 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C350

    Cetina: #40,672 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Cetina #40,672, 537 people Cetina: #40,672 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Cetina #40,672, 537 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cetina is more common than 74.9% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Three possible origins: * Borrowed from Spanish Cetina, a habitational surname from a small village in Aragona. * Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Cetina, a habitational surname from a small village in Croatia or from the river which flows by it. * Borrowed from Slovene Četina, a nickname for a hairy or bearded man, from a dialect form of ščetina (“bristle”).

    Cetina is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 537 people named Cetina in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 574,945 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 399.

    #40,672
    rank among US surnames
    537
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +34.6%
    change since 2000 (was #49,471)

    Who is named Cetina

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

    80% of people named Cetina identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 19% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 80%
    • White (not Hispanic) 19%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Cetinas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Karin Knorr Cetina
      Austrian sociologist, born 1944

    Other Spanish surnames

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    Questions

    Where does the surname Cetina come from?
    Three possible origins: * Borrowed from Spanish Cetina, a habitational surname from a small village in Aragona. * Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Cetina, a habitational surname from a small village in Croatia or from the river which flows by it. * Borrowed from Slovene Četina, a nickname for a hairy…
    How common is the surname Cetina?
    537 people in the United States had the surname Cetina in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 574,945 Americans. It ranked 40,672nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cetina?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Cetina identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 19% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cetina?
    Karin Knorr Cetina, Austrian sociologist.
    Where is the surname Cetina most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cetina in Austria.
    What type of surname is Cetina?
    Cetina is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Cetina getting more or less common?
    More common. 399 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 537 in 2010, up 35%.