Explore the Family Name Senteno

The meaning of Senteno

Hispanic: altered form of Spanish Centeno.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Senteno in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Senteno has seen a notable increase in popularity in the United States between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname ranked 43,058th in terms of popularity, but by 2010 it rose to the 35,764th position, marking an impressive change of nearly 17%. Furthermore, the number of individuals with the Senteno surname also grew during this period, going from 473 in 2000 to 628 in 2010. This represents a substantial growth rate of over 32%, indicating that the Senteno surname is becoming more common in the United States.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#43,058	#35,764	16.94%
Count	473	628	32.77%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.21	16.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Senteno

The ethnicity distribution for the Senteno surname also saw some shifts from 2000 to 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. The majority identifying as Hispanic decreased slightly from 86.26% to 85.35%. Despite this slight decrease, this group still constitutes the largest ethnic identity for the surname. Interestingly, there was a small emergence of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and Black, which were previously unrepresented in 2000. The percentage of those identifying as White witnessed a modest increase from 10.57% to 11.62%. However, the proportion of individuals identifying with two or more races saw a decrease of over 65%, dropping from 2.33% to 0.80%. The American Indian and Alaskan Native group remained unchanged at 0.00%.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	86.26%	85.35%	-1.05%
White	10.57%	11.62%	9.93%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.43%	0%
Two or More Races	2.33%	0.8%	-65.67%
Black	0%	0.8%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%