Genesis Surname
Approximately 7,113 people bear this surname
Genesis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5,088 | 1:34,816 | 2,846 |
| Malawi | 784 | 1:21,836 | 3,343 |
| Philippines | 403 | 1:251,211 | 37,527 |
| Cameroon | 240 | 1:86,538 | 10,461 |
| Iran | 101 | 1:760,223 | 38,762 |
| United States | 82 | 1:4,420,231 | 233,612 |
| India | 72 | 1:10,653,686 | 201,049 |
| Papua New Guinea | 47 | 1:173,483 | 24,058 |
| England | 45 | 1:1,238,179 | 56,985 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| Germany | 23 | 1:3,500,237 | 154,763 |
| Brazil | 23 | 1:9,307,580 | 200,052 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Mexico | 12 | 1:10,343,850 | 40,270 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Peru | 9 | 1:3,531,569 | 31,288 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Gênesis (4), Génesis (4) & Genêsis (1) are calculated separately.
Genesis (107,238) may also be a first name.
Genesis Demographics
Average Male Genesis Height
173.24 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Genesis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Genesis Come From? nationality or country of origin
Genesis is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Gênesis, Génesis or Genêsis. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Genesis? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 69,612th most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,024,539 people. The surname Genesis is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Genesis are found; 72 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 9,560th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 107,238 people.
The surname Genesis is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5,088 people, or 1 in 34,816. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Borno, where 18 percent are found, Taraba, where 14 percent are found and Rivers, where 12 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Genesis exists in 57 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 11 percent are found and The Philippines, where 6 percent are found.
Genesis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Genesis has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 911 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 643 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Genesis Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Genesis last name is chiefly Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Genesis surname are 1.32% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.55% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Genesis earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Peru they earn 31.31% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,316 per year and in United States they earn 18.13% less than the national average, earning $35,327 USD per year.
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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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- 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 Genesis
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