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 surname Jentile (Georgian: ჯენტილე) is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jentile? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 637,196th most numerous last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 15,245,912 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 63 percent of Jentile live; 63 percent live in Southern Africa and 63 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 49 people.

Jentile is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 299 people, or 1 in 181,196. In South Africa Jentile is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 49 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 28 percent live and Gauteng, where 14 percent live. Apart from South Africa it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in France, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.

Jentile Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Jentile has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 767 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Jentile Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Jentile last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for 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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