Gentiles Surname

314,042nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,196 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Gentiles Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gentiles Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1,1191:90,47215,754
United States341:10,660,557428,392
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Argentina121:3,561,951138,643
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
England11:55,718,059489,080
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland121:311,9359,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Gentiles Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gentiles is found most frequently in The Philippines. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gentiles? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 314,042nd most common family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,093,266 people. Gentiles occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Gentiles live; 95 percent live in Southeast Asia and 93 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname Gentiles is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 1,119 people, or 1 in 90,472. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Davao Region, where 28 percent live, Northern Mindanao, where 24 percent live and Central Visayas, where 11 percent live. Aside from The Philippines this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent live and Singapore, where 2 percent live.

Gentiles Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gentiles has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gentiles surname expanded 340 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gentiles Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gentiles surname are 31.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 77.78% being registered to vote for the political party.

Gentiles earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 21.47% more than the national average, earning $52,412 USD 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
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  • 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 Gentiles
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