Century

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Century is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: From Middle English centurie (“a count of one hundred (of anything); a division of the Roman army; century; a division of land”), from Old French centurie, from Latin centuria, from centum (“one hundr.

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  • HKHong Kong
  • USUnited States
  • CACanada

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Century: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Century
  1. Middle Englishcenturie“a count of one hundred (of anything(measured from records)
  2. Old Frenchcenturie(measured from records)
  3. Latincenturia(measured from records)
  4. Latin rootcentum“one hundred”(measured from records)

From Middle English centurie (“a count of one hundred (of anything); a division of the Roman army; century; a division of land”), from Old French centurie, from Latin centuria, from centum (“one hundred”). The most common modern use is a shortening of century of years.

Sources 2

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

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Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Century
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010106#153,769
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020104#153,590
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—15#701
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—8#139,893
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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Frequently asked questions

What does the name Century mean, and where does it come from?
From Middle English centurie (“a count of one hundred (of anything); a division of the Roman army; century; a division of land”), from Old French centurie, from Latin centuria, from centum (“one hundr… Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary.
In which country does Century have the most bearers?
Century is most frequently recorded in the United States.

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

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