Gensen Surname
Approximately 214 people bear this surname
Gensen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 61 | 1:276,839 | 34,217 |
| United States | 54 | 1:6,712,202 | 314,667 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| Israel | 15 | 1:570,509 | 41,023 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 130 | 1:386,298 | 28,876 |
Gensen (3,694) may also be a first name.
Gensen Demographics
Average Gensen Salary in
United States
$36,867 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gensen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gensen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gensen (Russian: Генсен) is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gensen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gensen is the 1,129,067th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 34,053,953 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 45 percent of Gensen live; 42 percent live in Western Europe and 34 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 116,043rd most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 3,694 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 276,839. In The Netherlands Gensen is primarily concentrated in: Gelderland, where 59 percent are found, Overijssel, where 28 percent are found and Utrecht, where 8 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands it exists in 24 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent are found and Belgium, where 8 percent are found.
Gensen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gensen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gensen surname declined 58 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gensen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gensen surname are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 55.56% registered to vote for the party.
Gensen earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.56% less than the national average, earning $36,867 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gensen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gensen in the Russian language | ||
| Генсен | gensen | - |
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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 Gensen
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