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.

Genestal Surname Distribution Map

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

The last name Genestal has its highest incidence in France. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Genestal? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 990,978th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 28,137,243 people. The surname Genestal is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Genestal reside; 85 percent reside in Western Europe and 85 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most frequently occurring in France, where it is held by 219 people, or 1 in 303,300. In France Genestal is primarily concentrated in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 47 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 15 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 14 percent reside. Outside of France Genestal is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 12 percent reside and Spain, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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
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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 Genestal
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