Gennings Surname

559,940th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 567 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Gennings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gennings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2951:1,228,67487,029
England1251:445,74429,621
Canada1171:314,92028,951
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland551:80,5435,643
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England871:280,17719,488
Scotland51:748,64318,576
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1641:306,21124,200

Gennings (13) may also be a first name.

Gennings Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gennings is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gennings? popularity and diffusion

Gennings is the 559,940th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 12,852,815 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Gennings live; 72 percent live in North America and 72 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 13 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 295 people, or 1 in 1,228,674. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Texas, where 21 percent are found, Missouri, where 11 percent are found and Arkansas, where 8 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in England, where 22 percent are found and Canada, where 21 percent are found.

Gennings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gennings has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gennings surname grew 180 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 144 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gennings Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (84%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Gennings surname are 11.58% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 64.81% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Gennings earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 6.23% more than the national average, earning $45,836 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.11% more than the national average, earning $50,236 CAD per year.

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Gennings Reference & Research

Jennings DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Jennings FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Gennings
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