Genestier Surname
Approximately 1,062 people bear this surname
Genestier Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 1,032 | 1:64,363 | 8,846 |
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Genestier Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Genestier Come From? nationality or country of origin
Genestier is found most frequently in France. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Genestier? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 344,897th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 6,862,096 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Genestier live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Genestier is most commonly occurring in France, where it is borne by 1,032 people, or 1 in 64,363. In France it is primarily found in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 43 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 21 percent reside and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 13 percent reside. Beside France this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 1 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gesnestier | 95 | 1 | / |
| Genetier | 94 | 180 | / |
| Genestie | 94 | 142 | / |
| Genester | 94 | 1 | / |
| Ginestier | 89 | 116 | / |
| Jenestier | 89 | 2 | / |
| Genesther | 89 | 2 | / |
| Genestoir | 89 | 1 | / |
| Genetie | 88 | 36 | / |
| Ginestiere | 84 | 133 | / |
| Ginestie | 82 | 95 | / |
| Genestre | 82 | 69 | / |
| Ginestir | 82 | 2 | / |
| Ganester | 82 | 1 | / |
| Jenetier | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ginester | 82 | 1 | / |
| Genettie | 82 | 0 | / |
| Gienister | 78 | 1 | / |
| Gienestre | 78 | 0 | / |
| Jenetie | 75 | 4 | / |
| Ginestière | 74 | 4 | / |
| Ennestoire | 74 | 1 | / |
| Ginestre | 71 | 135 | / |
| Ganister | 71 | 36 | / |
| Ginestié | 71 | 1 | / |
| Génestre | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jeanetie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sinitie | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Genestier
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