Gene Forename
3,533rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 297,062 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States
Gene Forename Definition:
The usual diminutive of Eugene.
Gene Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 95% | 257,442 | 1:1,408 | 302 |
| Philippines | 61% | 14,854 | 1:7,137 | 1,077 |
| Canada | 100% | 6,590 | 1:5,028 | 779 |
| DR Congo | 97% | 4,465 | 1:16,535 | 1,451 |
| England | 89% | 1,384 | 1:40,176 | 2,047 |
| Australia | - | 1,247 | 1:10,952 | 998 |
| Papua New Guinea | 77% | 1,101 | 1:7,404 | 777 |
| South Africa | 61% | 1,067 | 1:51,108 | 5,254 |
| Ghana | - | 955 | 1:28,258 | 1,855 |
| New Zealand | - | 694 | 1:6,536 | 831 |
| Brazil | 100% | 583 | 1:367,472 | 13,360 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Japan | - | 440 | 1:290,877 | 8,408 |
| Ireland | 100% | 424 | 1:10,952 | 745 |
| Peru | 63% | 277 | 1:114,771 | 3,877 |
| India | 51% | 260 | 1:4,672,608 | 183,005 |
| China | - | 250 | 1:5,464,223 | 55,906 |
| Jamaica | - | 245 | 1:11,768 | 1,256 |
| Indonesia | - | 241 | 1:1,070,389 | 65,189 |
| Nigeria | 60% | 214 | 1:829,740 | 22,047 |
| Netherlands | 99% | 197 | 1:85,797 | 4,715 |
| Egypt | 100% | 195 | 1:471,287 | 12,924 |
| Poland | 100% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Germany | 89% | 177 | 1:546,203 | 5,541 |
| Bahamas | - | 158 | 1:2,528 | 511 |
| Haiti | 100% | 140 | 1:76,621 | 4,636 |
| Malaysia | 64% | 139 | 1:219,064 | 12,347 |
| Ecuador | - | 136 | 1:130,345 | 2,784 |
| Singapore | 100% | 118 | 1:53,280 | 6,745 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 111 | 1:93,975 | 4,991 |
| South Korea | - | 110 | 1:50,404 | 3,398 |
| Mexico | 79% | 102 | 1:1,217,102 | 9,026 |
| Guam | - | 98 | 1:1,639 | 371 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 97 | 1:245,048 | 19,809 |
| North Macedonia | - | 96 | 1:21,779 | 2,205 |
| France | 100% | 95 | 1:699,688 | 6,456 |
| Thailand | 88% | 90 | 1:778,509 | 31,524 |
| Russia | 86% | 69 | 1:2,090,344 | 13,923 |
| Belgium | 100% | 68 | 1:168,971 | 4,498 |
| Sweden | 67% | 62 | 1:158,998 | 5,968 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 60 | 1:22,690 | 2,578 |
| Venezuela | 99% | 56 | 1:539,320 | 14,157 |
| Hong Kong | - | 55 | 1:140,959 | 3,027 |
| Portugal | - | 55 | 1:189,288 | 4,092 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 47 | 1:2,335 | 470 |
| Panama | 100% | 46 | 1:84,925 | 4,484 |
| Zimbabwe | 50% | 45 | 1:342,751 | 17,604 |
| Honduras | 100% | 40 | 1:220,437 | 4,914 |
| Nicaragua | 90% | 39 | 1:154,316 | 4,422 |
| French Polynesia | - | 38 | 1:7,313 | 1,076 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Wales | 98% | 38 | 1:81,429 | 2,227 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 32 | 1:3,106 | 634 |
| Colombia | 100% | 32 | 1:1,493,091 | 14,309 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 32 | 1:1,714 | 401 |
| Switzerland | 60% | 32 | 1:256,672 | 5,387 |
| Guyana | 100% | 29 | 1:26,319 | 2,986 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 28 | 1:2,189 | 487 |
| Italy | 85% | 28 | 1:2,180,789 | 14,677 |
| Scotland | 62% | 26 | 1:205,783 | 3,617 |
| Spain | - | 25 | 1:1,861,199 | 11,276 |
| Chile | 65% | 24 | 1:733,634 | 7,584 |
| Norway | 100% | 23 | 1:223,145 | 5,396 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 22 | 1:134,176 | 1,681 |
| Belize | 100% | 19 | 1:18,648 | 2,166 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| Costa Rica | 57% | 17 | 1:280,468 | 5,518 |
| Greece | 100% | 17 | 1:643,209 | 7,655 |
| Angola | - | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| Argentina | 77% | 15 | 1:2,851,550 | 9,163 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Saint Lucia | 69% | 15 | 1:11,854 | 1,528 |
| Nepal | 100% | 14 | 1:2,034,811 | 32,148 |
| Barbados | - | 13 | 1:22,291 | 1,774 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Cameroon | 80% | 10 | 1:2,161,050 | 45,539 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 67% | 10 | 1:11,158 | 1,580 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 10 | 1:715,199 | 24,449 |
| Zambia | - | 10 | 1:1,585,479 | 18,518 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Ivory Coast | 67% | 9 | 1:2,563,993 | 53,027 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 8 | 1:230,393 | 1,900 |
| Kenya | 33% | 8 | 1:5,788,389 | 30,473 |
| Uruguay | - | 8 | 1:428,455 | 5,529 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 7 | 1:1,894 | 342 |
| Belarus | 75% | 7 | 1:1,354,626 | 6,726 |
| Finland | 86% | 7 | 1:783,312 | 7,794 |
| Jersey | - | 7 | 1:14,283 | 1,073 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Estonia | 100% | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 6 | 1:2,684,738 | 6,435 |
| Israel | 100% | 6 | 1:1,400,486 | 16,782 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 6 | 1:8,538 | 1,253 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 6 | 1:15,437,186 | 4,625 |
| Afghanistan | - | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Albania | 100% | 5 | 1:609,314 | 20,025 |
| Benin | 100% | 5 | 1:2,115,169 | 40,564 |
| Congo | 100% | 5 | 1:1,001,841 | 16,039 |
| Denmark | - | 5 | 1:1,129,900 | 12,942 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| Namibia | - | 5 | 1:480,836 | 6,391 |
| Uganda | 67% | 5 | 1:8,191,384 | 58,906 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Burundi | 100% | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Lebanon | - | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 4 | 1:1,457 | 226 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Croatia | - | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Czechia | 91% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Romania | - | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Turkey | - | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 2 | 1:26,394,160 | 73,301 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Austria | 100% | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Gené (111), Gène (18), Géne (18), Genè (2), Genê (1) & Géné (1) are calculated separately.
Gene (10,800) may also be a surname.
Gene Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The usual diminutive of Eugene.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Gene Forename Popularity
Gene Demographics
Average Gene Salary in
United States
$42,076 USD
Per year
Rank:
223,397 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.068797
Rank: 299 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
96.66%
Sample size: 134,787 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Gene Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gene in the Russian language | ||
| Гене | gene | - |
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Footnotes
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gene