Gentile Surname
Approximately 86,780 people bear this surname
Gentile Surname Definition:
(Italian, English) One with polished, well-bred manners, or of a gentle or benign character; originally, one not a Christian.
Read More About This SurnameGentile Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 50,195 | 1:1,218 | 43 |
| United States | 21,274 | 1:17,038 | 2,153 |
| Argentina | 6,449 | 1:6,628 | 674 |
| Canada | 1,608 | 1:22,914 | 3,115 |
| France | 1,433 | 1:46,352 | 5,954 |
| Brazil | 1,311 | 1:163,291 | 6,291 |
| Australia | 583 | 1:46,305 | 5,791 |
| Germany | 580 | 1:138,803 | 16,843 |
| Belgium | 515 | 1:22,324 | 3,492 |
| Switzerland | 504 | 1:16,295 | 2,676 |
| Uruguay | 415 | 1:8,269 | 926 |
| Philippines | 288 | 1:351,522 | 47,258 |
| England | 284 | 1:196,190 | 17,257 |
| Venezuela | 264 | 1:114,409 | 3,961 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| Spain | 237 | 1:197,266 | 13,567 |
| Netherlands | 68 | 1:248,341 | 31,935 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| Ecuador | 52 | 1:305,882 | 9,057 |
| Chile | 33 | 1:533,833 | 13,415 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Ireland | 28 | 1:168,176 | 7,397 |
| Iran | 25 | 1:3,071,301 | 92,215 |
| Thailand | 24 | 1:2,943,264 | 289,518 |
| Scotland | 22 | 1:243,355 | 12,191 |
| Sweden | 21 | 1:468,893 | 33,666 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Peru | 19 | 1:1,672,849 | 23,436 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:162,870 | 11,152 |
| Austria | 15 | 1:567,696 | 52,281 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Paraguay | 7 | 1:1,033,821 | 9,769 |
| Slovenia | 6 | 1:414,612 | 18,975 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 1:227,329 | 10,175 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:22,075 | 2,767 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Luxembourg | 4 | 1:145,136 | 6,519 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Cape Verde | 3 | 1:176,547 | 4,737 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
Gentile (1,857) may also be a first name.
Gentile Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Italian, English) One with polished, well-bred manners, or of a gentle or benign character; originally, one not a Christian.
User-submitted Reference
Literally means 'gentle' in Italian. It follows the same etymology of this word, which comes from medieval Latin, gentilem, meaning 'belonging to a gens (family)', that later became 'belong to a noble family', and 'having a noble spirit'.
- feffoGentile Demographics
Average Gentile Salary in
United States
$49,298 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gentile Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gentile Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gentile (Arabic: جنتيلي) is more commonly found in Italy than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gentile? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,512th most frequently used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 83,977 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 62 percent of Gentile reside; 58 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 58 percent reside in Italic Europe. It is also the 176,759th most frequently used given name in the world It is held by 1,857 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Italy, where it is carried by 50,195 people, or 1 in 1,218. In Italy Gentile is most numerous in: Apulia, where 20 percent reside, Campania, where 13 percent reside and Lazio, where 13 percent reside. Other than Italy Gentile occurs in 88 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Argentina, where 7 percent reside.
Gentile Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gentile has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gentile surname grew 151,957 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 3,156 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 733 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gentile Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Gentile are 0.5% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.73% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Gentile earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 3.31% more than the national average, earning €31,023 per year; in Norway they earn 29.46% less than the national average, earning 244,119 kr per year; in Peru they earn 172.38% more than the national average, earning S/. 52,801 per year; in South Africa they earn 52.29% less than the national average, earning R 113,388 per year; in United States they earn 14.25% more than the national average, earning $49,298 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.61% more than the national average, earning $52,966 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gentile Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gentile in the Arabic language | ||
| جنتيلي | jntyly | - |
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Gentile Reference & Research
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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
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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