Gentels Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
South Africa

Gentels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gentels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Gentels Last Name Facts

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

Gentels is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gentels? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gentels is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Gentels occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Gentels are found; 60 percent are found in North America and 60 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Gentels is primarily found in: Delaware, where 33 percent reside, New Jersey, where 33 percent reside and New York, where 33 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 40 percent reside.

Gentels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gentels has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gentels surname increased 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Entels921/
Gentles864,795/
Gentils86760/
Jentels8610/
Zentels861/
Gentless8019/
Genntles802/
Gentlles801/
Intels773/
Yentls771/
Centelles752,588/
Sentelles7527/
Gentilles756/
Zentelles751/
Jentles718/
Hentles712/
Jintels711/
Entless710/
Jeantils6799/
Gentillesse671/
Sentilles63227/
Centilles63128/
Jentilles631/
Centellez631/

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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 Gentels
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