Gentie Surname
Approximately 263 people bear this surname
Gentie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Gentié (1) are calculated separately.
Gentie (2,292) may also be a first name.
Gentie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gentie Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gentie is found most in Malawi. It may also be found as: Gentié. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gentie? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 980,795th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 27,709,300 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Gentie are found; 79 percent are found in Southern Africa and 79 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Gentie is also the 155,744th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 2,292 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 209 people, or 1 in 81,910. Apart from Malawi it occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside and France, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Gentie
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