Centeno

• Senteno

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 (plural Centenos)

1. A surname from Spanish.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Centeno is the 2488^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 14510 individuals. Centeno is most common among Hispanic/Latino (89.5%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Centeno”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 309.

• Hyphenation: Cen‧te‧no

Centeno

1. a surname

From Latin centenus (“one-hundred”). The surname likely arose as an occupational surname for someone who grew or worked with rye, based on a notion at the time that one stalk would produce one-hundred grains of rye.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θenˈteno/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪e.no]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /senˈteno/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪e.no]
• Rhymes: -eno
• Syllabification: Cen‧te‧no

Centeno m or f by sense

1. a surname

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Centeno”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 309.

• Centino

Borrowed from Spanish.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /senˈteno/ [sɛn̪ˈt̪ɛː.n̪o]
• Rhymes: -eno
• Syllabification: Cen‧te‧no

Centeno (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈᜓ)

1. a surname from Spanish

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Centeno is the 306^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 25,585 individuals.