Gentee Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Gentee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 83 | 1:53,115 | 4,716 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Gentee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gentee Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gentee is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gentee? popularity and diffusion
Gentee is the 2,007,164th most widespread family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gentee live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is held by 83 people, or 1 in 53,115. In Liberia Gentee is mostly found in: Nimba County, where 73 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 22 percent are found and Margibi County, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Liberia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found and Argentina, where 1 percent are found.
Gentee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gentee has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 67 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 Gentee
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