Gens is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gens
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Gens

How popular is Gens?

Gens is ranked 120516 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gens bearers increased by 1.325758 per cent in 2010 US census to 535 since 2000, the surname slipped by 1560 spots and ranked at 40800. 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 93.27 96.02
Hispanic or Latino 4.11 2.08
Others 2.06 0
Gens is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in Germany. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Israel. Around 3327 people have been found who wears Gens as their family name. Gens is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
98,953 Belarus7
214,847 Australia4
14,054 China3
34,681 Norway2
44,018 Poland2
54,135 Philippines2
1,500,361 India2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
40,256 Mexico2
174,544 Czech Republic1
24,771 Colombia1
53,033 Nigeria1
289,511 England1
28,746 Algeria1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
7,292 Vietnam1
42,479 Greece1
53,505 Turkey1
81,201 Switzerland1
16,640 Hong Kong1
31,207 Ireland1
17,768 Pakistan1
12,745 Luxembourg1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
95,301 Ukraine44
103,933 Canada25
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
120,427 Russia91
20,785 Belgium82
85,668 Italy56
18,409 Sweden51
Countries with hundreds of Gens:
14,537 Germany706
41,905 United States659
17,473 France551
42,856 Brazil254
2,713 Portugal222
5,220 Israel212
28,748 Argentina179
19,531 Spain155
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Comments

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Renita Howes
 Gens is an ancient name for baptism and patronymic frequent in the southeast, representing the Latin name Gentius race, popularized by Holy People, twelfth century hermit.

Gens Namesakes

  • Abbot Genser, Photographer
  • Claude Gensac, Actress
  • Armand Gensonné, French Politician
  • Augustin Gensse, Tennis player
  • Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German Politician
  • Augustin Gensse, Tennis player
  • Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German Politician
  • Xavier Gens, Film director
  • Claude Gensac, Actress
  • Gregoire Gensollen, Film producer

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