Gentaz Surname
Approximately 299 people bear this surname
Gentaz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 289 | 1:229,836 | 35,639 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Gentaz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gentaz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gentaz is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gentaz? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 895,817th most widely held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 24,373,063 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Gentaz live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
It is most widely held in France, where it is held by 289 people, or 1 in 229,836. In France Gentaz is mostly found in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 92 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 3 percent are found and Pays de la Loire, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account France Gentaz occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 2 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Gentaz
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