Släkthistoria för Centeno
Centeno Vad efternamn betyder
Spanish: from centeno ‘rye’ (from Late Latin centenum a derivative of centum ‘hundred’ so called as the plant was supposed to be capable of producing a hundred grains on each stalk). The surname may have arisen as a metonymic occupational name for someone who grew or sold rye or a topographic name for someone who lived by a field given over to the cultivation of this crop. Compare Senteno and Zenteno.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
