Gensee Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Gensee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 33 | 1:133,592 | 9,935 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Gensee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gensee Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gensee occurs most in Liberia. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gensee? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,185,033rd most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. Gensee occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Gensee live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname Gensee is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 133,592. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Nimba County, where 73 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 24 percent reside and River Gee County, where 3 percent reside. Other than Liberia Gensee is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent reside and Kenya, where 3 percent reside.
Gensee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gensee has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gensee surname grew 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Gensee
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