Cenis

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Alpine pass

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 5 countries

/sɛnɪs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Cenis is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ESSpain1 in 1.3M(measured from records)
  • BRBrazil1 in 6.8M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Spain (measured from records)

40 people

Record sources
19 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 1.3M (inferred from the name graph)

Spain

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

Alpine pass

Cited for this meaning 1

  • Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Cenis counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Cenis is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ES Spain401 in 1.3M40Cenis19
BR Brazil311 in 6.8M31—5
PH Philippines———Cenis4
MX Mexico———Cenis7
US United States——listedCenis13

40 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Cenis is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines

    Also written Cénis

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Ćeniš

17 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses

(measured from records)

Cenis is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latin, dative/ablative plural of cēna

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In fur, plural of cene

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name

(measured from records)
190019201940196019802000Janis Carter, b. 1913Janis Roze, b. 1926Janis Martin, b. 1940Janis Hansen, b. 1941Janis Joplin, b. 1943Janis Ian, b. 1951Janis Siegel, b. 1952Janis McGavin, b. 1953Janis Tanaka, b. 1963Janis Sahraoui, b. 1988
  • Janis Carterb. 1913USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress, singer & television personality (1913-1994)
  • Janis Rozeb. 1926USnot in their usual nameherpetologist and Professor of Biology Emeritus of City College and Graduate School of the City University of New York
  • Janis Martinb. 1940USnot in their usual nameAmerican musician (1940–2007)
  • Janis Hansenb. 1941USnot in their usual nameAmerican talent agent; former actress (1940-2021)
  • Janis Joplinb. 1943USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer (1943–1970)
  • Janis Ianb. 1951USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer-songwriter
  • Janis Siegelb. 1952USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer
  • Janis McGavinb. 1953AUnot in their usual nameAustralian actress
  • Janis Tanakab. 1963USnot in their usual nameAmerican musician
  • Janis Sahraouib. 1988FRnot in their usual nameFrench singer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalDear Ms Cenis,
InformalHi Cenis,

Evidence

(measured from records)

7 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Cenis
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—40#51,906
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—40#51,690
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—31#145,687
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Cenis mean, and where does it come from?
Alpine pass Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
How do you pronounce Cenis?
A machine transcription gives /sɛnɪs/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Cenis have the most bearers?
In Spain, the national register counted about 40 people named Cenis, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cenis.
Where is Cenis most common?
Cenis is densest in Spain, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.3 million people carrying it.
How common is the name Cenis?
In Spain, the national register counted 40 people named Cenis, about 1 in 1.3 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cenis”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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