Cenka

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

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

Cenka is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bulgaria than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • BGBulgaria≈1 in 7.4Kas Ценка(inferred from the name graph)
  • SISlovenia≈1 in 247K
  • HRCroatia≈1 in 1.1M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Cenka itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Bulgaria (inferred from the name graph)

≈940 named Ценка, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
32 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 247K (inferred from the name graph)

Slovenia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

TsenkaLatin(measured from records)
ЦенкаCyrillic(measured from records)

Locally spelled Tsenka in GB United Kingdom, IT Italy and Ценка in BG Bulgaria.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Cenka 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 Cenka is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BG Bulgaria#629≈940 est.≈1 in 7.4K—Ценка32
IT Italy—≈11 est.≈1 in 5.9M—Tsenka2
RS Serbia—≈11 est.≈1 in 650K—Cenka4
SI Slovenia—≈9 est.≈1 in 247K5—1
GB United Kingdom—≈6 est.≈1 in 11MlistedTsenka11
HR Croatia—≈4 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Cenka3
CH Switzerland—≈2 est.≈1 in 3.8M3—1

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: the gb-nisra-baby-names-ni register; SURS — resident population given names; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)

Cenka is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Slovak surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia, Czechia

    Languages: Slovak, Czech

    Also written Čenka, Cenká, Čeňka

19 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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalЗдравей Cenka,Hi Cenka, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Cenka
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20235#3,752
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20225#3,692
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20215#3,659
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20205#3,598
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20195#3,549
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20185#3,497
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20175#3,465
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20165#3,418
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20155#3,394
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20145#3,350
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20135#3,318
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20125#3,273

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

How do you pronounce Cenka?
A machine transcription gives /sɛnkə/ (IPA) for Bulgarian.
Is Cenka a male or female name?
Cenka is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Cenka have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 941 people named Ценка in Bulgaria, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Cenka?
Mondonomo estimates about 940 people in Bulgaria have Ценка as their first given name, about 1 in 7.4 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
How common is Cenka compared with other names?
In Bulgaria, Cenka is the 629th most common given name of 22,906 given names recorded there.

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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, “Cenka” — the 629th most common given name in Bulgaria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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