Gentian Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Gentian Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gentian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece161:692,48777,522
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Gentian (9,967) may also be a first name.

Gentian Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gentian occurs most in Greece. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gentian? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,432,070th most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 64 percent of Gentian are found; 52 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 48 percent are found in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 61,371st most common forename throughout the world, held by 9,967 people.

Gentian is most frequent in Greece, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 692,487. In Greece Gentian is mostly found in: Attica, where 25 percent are found, Central Macedonia, where 25 percent are found and Western Greece, where 25 percent are found. Besides Greece Gentian occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 27 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.

Gentian Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gentian has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gentian surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guentian9368/
Gentiane9326/
Entian92149/
Sentian8667/
Gentjan8612/
Entiang864/
Yentian861/
Gentean860/
Gention860/
Chentian80122/
Zhentian805/
Gintiang803/
Jientian801/
Guintian801/
Ention77178/
Intian7715/
Entiam778/
Jeentiang756/
Inthian71759/
Intihan71144/
Hintian71136/
Hention7139/
Jintian7137/
Sintian7133/
Intiang7121/
Yintian716/
Jeenthiang716/
Entyang712/
Sention712/
Emthian711/
Jemtian711/
Intiean711/
Țentean711/
Entjang711/
Zention710/
Inthiang67289/
Inthihan67102/
Sinthian6740/
Inthijan676/
Chintian673/
Scintian673/
Cheenthiang672/
Scîntian671/
Aintiang671/
Enteaang671/
Intijang671/
Entujean670/

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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 Gentian
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