di Gennaro Surname

44,398th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,696 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

di Gennaro Surname User-submission:

Di Gennaro is a patronymic surname, meaning 'belonging to Gennaro'; Gennaro being the founder of the family. It is a surname that is common throughout Southern Italy, especially in the Campania and Puglia regions.

di Gennaro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy10,1951:5,999755
Argentina5761:74,2076,316
France3761:176,65627,509
United States981:3,698,561204,970
Canada901:409,39536,056
Venezuela731:413,7548,457
Brazil611:3,509,41598,831
Belgium451:255,48131,256
Switzerland401:205,32317,881
England331:1,688,42669,999
Australia321:843,61652,533
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
Spain161:2,922,00263,384
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345

di Gennaro Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Di Gennaro is a patronymic surname, meaning 'belonging to Gennaro'; Gennaro being the founder of the family. It is a surname that is common throughout Southern Italy, especially in the Campania and Puglia regions.

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di Gennaro Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name di Gennaro Come From? nationality or country of origin

di Gennaro is held by more people in Italy than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name di Gennaro? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 44,398th most frequently held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 623,080 people. The surname di Gennaro occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of di Gennaro are found; 87 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 87 percent are found in Italic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Italy, where it is carried by 10,195 people, or 1 in 5,999. In Italy di Gennaro is most frequent in: Campania, where 41 percent reside, Apulia, where 20 percent reside and Lazio, where 16 percent reside. Not including Italy di Gennaro is found in 26 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 5 percent reside and France, where 3 percent reside.

di Gennaro Last Name Statistics demography

The amount di Gennaro earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 14.39% less than the national average, earning €25,710 per year; in United States they earn 20.22% more than the national average, earning $51,875 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.39% more than the national average, earning $57,330 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
di Genaro95225/
di Gennnaro951/
de Gennaro907,618/
Di-Gennaro9014/
di Gennero904/
di Genarro902/
di Gemnaro901/
di Ginnaro901/
da Gennaro901/
de Genaro84567/
De-Gennaro807/
de Gennero804/

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