Genna is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Genna
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Worn in various Italian regions, Sicily (Marsala) that the name is the most common. The most logical solution is to see a variation of Gianna (also covered in Sicily), feminine person name matching Jeanne. It will also consider a place name: Genna Maria is a protohistoric village of Sardinia ('genna' mean 'port'). A website for its part offers a Spanish origin (name of a castle burned in Cadiz to 1492) hypothesis that I could check but that a priori seems doubtful.

How popular is Genna?

Genna is common in United States.

Genna is ranked 87891 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Gennas plummeted by 13.91813 per cent to 736 since 2000 and slipped by 4692 spots and ranked at 31453. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.43 93.68
Hispanic or Latino 3.4 2.57
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.09 0
Black 0.68 1.17
Genna is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Italy which signifies that it is originated from Italy. Around 4902 people have been found who wears Genna as their family name. Genna is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
118,441 Germany2
65,594 Belgium2
24,269 Peru2
3,940 Ethiopia2
169,904 Brazil1
38,063 Mauritania1
118,015 Netherlands1
16,640 Hong Kong1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
29,046 Japan1
38,841 Scotland1
36,814 Romania1
66,560 Philippines1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
92,417 Australia17
189,966 Canada11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,957 Switzerland81
106,635 Indonesia73
56,298 England65
Countries with hundreds of Genna:
27,922 France355
18,059 Argentina299
150,310 India113
Countries with thousands of Genna:
3,870 Italy2,676
25,639 United States1,195
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Angela Genna was 43 years old when she migrated to New York on January 4, 1893. She lived in Sciare, Italy where she worked as country woman and took Britannic from Marseilles & Naples. Angelo Genna (14) Farmer, Antonio Genna, aged 4, 32 years old Carm. Genna, Carmelo Genna (23) Country man, Laborer Carmine Genna, Eligio Genna, aged 29, 15 years old Emma Genna, Fedele Genna (30) Farmer, Farmer Felice Genna, and 22 other Genna around 36.67% of whom were laborer while others worked as peasant and country man, daughter, shoemaker migrated to US from Naples, Genoa and Genoa & Gibraltar.

Genna Namesakes

  • Alessia Gennari, Volleyball player
  • Alessia Di Gennaro, Davide Di Gennaro's wife
  • Irene Genna, Film actress
  • Anisha Gennario, Casting Director
  • Sabrina Gennarino, Actor
  • Peter Gennaro, Dancer
  • Casimiro Gennari, Clergy
  • Caterina Gennaro, Film producer
  • Sandy Gennaro, Music master
  • Davide Di Gennaro, Soccer player

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