Gentenaar Surname

1,257,535th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 183 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Gentenaar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gentenaar Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1611:104,88916,937
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Gentenaar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gentenaar is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gentenaar.

How Common Is The Last Name Gentenaar? popularity and diffusion

Gentenaar is the 1,257,535th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. Gentenaar is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Gentenaar live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Gentenaar is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 161 people, or 1 in 104,889. In The Netherlands Gentenaar is most prevalent in: North Holland, where 38 percent live, Utrecht, where 24 percent live and South Holland, where 15 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hentenaar89192/
Centenar822/
Gentanar822/
Genthenor780/
Entenor751/
Sentinar7138/
Entenord715/
Enteneur710/
Intinar631/
Intenor631/
Sentinor591/
Centinor591/
Jeantinor5629/
Jeantinord5327/
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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 Gentenaar
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