Genu Surname
Approximately 2,627 people bear this surname
Genu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,510 | 1:35,879 | 4,596 |
| Brazil | 577 | 1:371,013 | 14,168 |
| France | 195 | 1:340,629 | 51,332 |
| India | 65 | 1:11,801,006 | 214,148 |
| Indonesia | 61 | 1:2,168,020 | 133,281 |
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
| Nigeria | 54 | 1:3,280,421 | 99,135 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Genú (13) & Génu (2) are calculated separately.
Genu (6,365) may also be a first name.
Genu Demographics
Average Genu Salary in
South Africa
R 132,756
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Genu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Genu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Genu (Bengali: গেনু, Hindi: गेनू, Marathi: गेणू, Oriya: େଗନୁ, Tibetan: དགེ་ནུ་) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Genú or Génu. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Genu? popularity and diffusion
Genu is the 164,973rd most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,774,094 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Genu live; 57 percent live in Southern Africa and 57 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Genu is also the 82,497th most commonly held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 6,365 people.
This last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,510 people, or 1 in 35,879. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 53 percent live, Gauteng, where 22 percent live and Western Cape, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this last name exists in 28 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 22 percent live and France, where 7 percent live.
Genu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Genu has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 20 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Genu Last Name Statistics demography
Genu earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 44.14% less than the national average, earning R 132,756 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Genu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Genu in the Bengali language | ||
| গেনু | genu | - |
| Genu in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗନୁ | eganu | - |
| Genu in the Hindi language | ||
| गेनू | genu | 77.59 |
| गेनु | genu | 16.09 |
| गेणू | genu | 4.02 |
| गेणु | genu | 1.72 |
| Genu in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགེ་ནུ་ | génu | 50 |
| གི་ནུ་ | ginu | 50 |
| Genu in the Marathi language | ||
| गेणू | genu | 46.66 |
| गेणु | genu | 22.52 |
| गेनू | genu | 19.16 |
| गेनु | genu | 11.62 |
| गेना | gena | 0.01 |
| गेणा | gena | 0.01 |
| गेन | gena | 0.01 |
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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 Genu
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