de Genst Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Genst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Genst Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium171:676,27358,718
France81:8,302,840321,660
England11:55,718,059489,080

de Genst Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Genst Come From? nationality or country of origin

de Genst occurs more in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name de Genst? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,882,373rd most numerous family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of de Genst live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 50 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname de Genst is most commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 676,273. In Belgium it is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 71 percent live, Walloon Region, where 24 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 6 percent live. Barring Belgium de Genst occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 31 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Geynst9459/
de Gens931/
de Gemst881/
de Gaens881/
de Gijnst828/
de Gyns8035/
de Sens802/
de Jense751/
des Sens751/
de Djens751/
de Gyms671/
de Senz671/
de Saenz6316/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 de Genst
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