Gentes Surname
Approximately 1,772 people bear this surname
Gentes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 626 | 1:106,107 | 15,696 |
| United States | 542 | 1:668,743 | 53,351 |
| Canada | 305 | 1:120,805 | 12,696 |
| Germany | 250 | 1:322,022 | 32,234 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 50 | 1:1,004,374 | 59,252 |
The alternate forms: Gentès (13) are calculated separately.
Gentes (12) may also be a first name.
Gentes Demographics
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Gentes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gentes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gentes occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Gentès. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gentes? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 228,674th most prevalent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 4,112,611 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Gentes live; 49 percent live in Western Europe and 36 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most numerous forename world-wide, borne by 12 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in France, where it is held by 626 people, or 1 in 106,107. In France Gentes is most frequent in: Grand Est, where 30 percent are found, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 24 percent are found and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 18 percent are found. Other than France Gentes exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 31 percent are found and Canada, where 17 percent are found.
Gentes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gentes has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gentes last name increased 1,084 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gentes Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Gentes are 38.15% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 91.38% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Gentes earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.56% more than the national average, earning $43,392 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.58% less than the national average, earning $43,931 CAD per year.
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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 Gentes
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