Jentile Surname

637,196th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 478 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Jentile Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jentile Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2991:181,19619,872
France1041:638,68083,098
United States461:7,879,542351,394
Italy121:5,096,391108,968
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Jentile (49) may also be a first name.

Jentile Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jentile (Georgian: ჯენტილე) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jentile? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 637,196th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,245,912 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Jentile live; 63 percent live in Southern Africa and 63 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Jentile is also the 1,430,306th most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 49 people.

This surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 299 people, or 1 in 181,196. In South Africa Jentile is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 49 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 28 percent are found and Gauteng, where 14 percent are found. Not including South Africa it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in France, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.

Jentile Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Jentile has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Jentile last name expanded 767 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Jentile Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Jentile are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered with the party.

The amount Jentile earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 54.85% less than the national average, earning R 107,292 per year and in United States they earn 1.63% less than the national average, earning $42,446 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Jentile Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jentile in the Georgian language
ჯენტილეjentile-

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Jentile 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
  • 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 Jentile
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