Genissel Surname

668,257th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 448 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Genissel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Genissel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France4251:156,28924,249
Argentina211:2,035,401100,871
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

The alternate forms: Génissel (4) are calculated separately.

Genissel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Genissel occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Génissel. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Genissel? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 668,257th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 16,266,844 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Genissel are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Genissel is most frequently used in France, where it is borne by 425 people, or 1 in 156,289. In France it is mostly found in: Normandy, where 46 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 24 percent reside and Brittany, where 13 percent reside. Not including France this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 5 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Génissel964/
Genisel938/
Genisiel881/
Enisel8628/
Genişel80194/
Yenisel8039/
Senisel805/
Genitel801/
Genicel801/
Eunisell751/
Hennisel750/
Gengel71262/
Gengil71106/
Genail7195/
Geneal7116/
Enesel718/
Genhel714/
Genile714/
Genele712/
Genuil710/
Enizel710/
Ingessell710/
Genelle67231/
Ienesel67111/
Yenesel6744/
Genille6713/
Genaile675/
Jenesel674/
Geneile672/
Hetnischel672/
Jenizel671/
Genelhd671/
Gengell671/
Genetel671/
Guenele671/
Henizel671/
Geneale671/

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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 Genissel
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