Gentili Surname

25,240th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,377 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Gentili Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gentili Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy17,7621:3,443312
Argentina1,9041:22,4491,865
United States4831:750,43358,631
France4621:143,77222,175
Brazil1771:1,209,46041,744
Canada1281:287,85626,805
Germany981:821,48459,964
England501:1,114,36153,243
Switzerland291:283,20422,806
Spain281:1,669,71648,608
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Australia261:1,038,29659,744
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Uruguay221:155,98913,535
Chile211:838,88017,964
Sweden201:492,33835,486
Belgium201:574,83253,219
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Venezuela101:3,020,40831,795
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
China51:273,464,31313,838
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
San Marino11:33,214932
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077

Gentili (612) may also be a first name.

Gentili Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gentili is found most in Italy. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Gentili click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gentili? popularity and diffusion

It is the 25,240th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 340,906 people. The surname Gentili is primarily found in Europe, where 87 percent of Gentili are found; 83 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 83 percent are found in Italic Europe. It is also the 337,693rd most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 612 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Italy, where it is borne by 17,762 people, or 1 in 3,443. In Italy it is most numerous in: Lazio, where 42 percent live, Marche, where 15 percent live and Tuscany, where 11 percent live. Not including Italy it is found in 45 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Gentili Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gentili surname are 10.49% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 63.72% being registered with the party.

The amount Gentili earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 4.59% less than the national average, earning €28,652 per year; in United States they earn 17.4% more than the national average, earning $50,656 USD per year and in Canada they earn 52.4% more than the national average, earning $75,718 CAD per year.

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Gentili Reference & Research

Gentile FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Gentili
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