Gena Surname
Approximately 9,454 people bear this surname
Gena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 4,346 | 1:22,445 | 2,857 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,783 | 1:4,573 | 261 |
| India | 790 | 1:970,969 | 41,376 |
| Egypt | 397 | 1:231,576 | 16,276 |
| Indonesia | 234 | 1:565,167 | 45,330 |
| Philippines | 211 | 1:479,802 | 57,339 |
| Uganda | 196 | 1:199,180 | 16,019 |
| United States | 192 | 1:1,887,807 | 122,674 |
| Nigeria | 151 | 1:1,173,131 | 47,714 |
| Malaysia | 135 | 1:218,476 | 12,676 |
| Solomon Islands | 127 | 1:4,567 | 582 |
| Italy | 126 | 1:485,371 | 49,911 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Haiti | 107 | 1:99,850 | 4,829 |
| Portugal | 94 | 1:110,832 | 5,195 |
| Netherlands | 77 | 1:219,314 | 29,463 |
| Russia | 58 | 1:2,484,880 | 144,115 |
| Cameroon | 44 | 1:472,024 | 38,779 |
| Suriname | 38 | 1:14,543 | 3,502 |
| Argentina | 38 | 1:1,124,827 | 67,975 |
| Belgium | 31 | 1:370,859 | 40,209 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| Pakistan | 25 | 1:7,145,755 | 40,003 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| Belarus | 9 | 1:1,055,673 | 72,859 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
The alternate forms: Gêna (1) & Géna (1) are calculated separately.
Gena (94,085) may also be a first name.
Gena Demographics
Gena Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Gena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gena (Georgian: გენა, Hindi: गेना, Marathi: गेना, Oriya: େଗନା, Russian: Гена) is most common in Ethiopia. It may also be rendered as a variant: Gêna or Géna. For other possible spellings of Gena click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gena? popularity and diffusion
Gena is the 53,924th most common last name in the world, held by around 1 in 770,843 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Gena live; 48 percent live in East Africa and 46 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 10,755th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 94,085 people.
This last name is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is held by 4,346 people, or 1 in 22,445. Without taking into account Ethiopia this surname is found in 69 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.
Gena Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gena has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gena surname rose 835 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gena Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Orthodox (73%) in Russia and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Gena are 28.99% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 75.76% registered to vote for the political party.
Gena earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.99% more than the national average, earning $44,438 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gena in the Georgian language | ||
| გენა | gena | - |
| Gena in the Hindi language | ||
| गेना | gena | 99.43 |
| गेणा | gena | 0.36 |
| गेंना | genna | 0.03 |
| ्गेना | gena | 0.03 |
| ग्याना | gyana | 0.02 |
| गोना | gona | 0.02 |
| गेान | geana | 0.01 |
| ग़़्ेना | gaena | 0.01 |
| गेमा | gema | 0.01 |
| गेनाज़् | genaz | 0.01 |
| गेंदा | genda | 0.01 |
| बेला | bela | 0.01 |
| गीना | gina | 0.01 |
| देना | dena | 0.01 |
| गैणा | gaina | 0.01 |
| गेन | gena | 0.01 |
| ग्ोना | gona | 0.01 |
| Gena in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗନା | egana | 75 |
| େଗଣା | egana | 10 |
| େନାେକୟା | enaekaya | 5 |
| େଜନା | ejana | 5 |
| େଗନ | egana | 5 |
| Gena in the Marathi language | ||
| गेना | gena | 71.04 |
| गेणा | gena | 28.83 |
| गेन | gena | 0.09 |
| गॆन | gena | 0.02 |
| गॅना | gena | 0.02 |
| Gena in the Russian language | ||
| Гена | gena | - |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gena
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