Gentzer Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Gentzer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Gentzer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gentzer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gentzer is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gentzer? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Gentzer are found; 86 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name Gentzer is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 6,708,788. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Hesse, where 83 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Germany it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent reside.
Gentzer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gentzer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gentzer last name declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Gentzer
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