Genestal Surname

990,978th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
French Polynesia

Genestal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Genestal 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
France2191:303,30046,302
Argentina311:1,378,82078,351
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211

Genestal Last Name Facts

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

Genestal is found most frequently in France. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Genestal? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 990,978th most frequent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 28,137,243 people. Genestal occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Genestal live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

Genestal is most widely held in France, where it is borne by 219 people, or 1 in 303,300. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 47 percent live, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 15 percent live and Île-de-France, where 14 percent live. Excluding France this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 12 percent live and Spain, where 3 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
Enestal931/
Ginestal88232/
Genetale883/
Jeanestal822/
Inestal80185/
Senetal801/
Ynestal801/
Genital801/
Hennesthal7838/
Jeannestal786/
Sinetal671/
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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 Genestal
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