Gentile is used as a family name or surname in Argentina. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gentile
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Argentina
Meaning: Widespread throughout the south of Italy, also common in Lombardy and Piedmont is a medieval Christian name, possibly a nickname (see Nice for meaning). The plural filiatif Gentili meets for its part particularly in the Lazio and Marche, and Corsica. Derivatives: Gentilella (Campania), Gentiletti (Marche), Gentilezza (Lazio = nobility) Gentilini (Emilia-Romagna, Corsica name also covered in the Aisne, with graphic variant Gentiliny) Gentilucci (Lazio, Marche) Gentileschi (Umbria, Lazio).

How popular is Gentile?

Gentile is common in Argentina.

Gentile is ranked 6234 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Gentiles plummeted by 0.4351319 per cent to 14873 since 2000 and slipped by 206 spots and ranked at 2436. The last name was found in around 50 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.61 96.28
Hispanic or Latino 3.36 2.01
Others 0.95 0.88
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.52 0.31
Black 0.43 0.42
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.11 0.11
Gentile is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Italy which signifies that it is originated from Italy. Around 87604 people have been found who wears Gentile as their family name. Gentile is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
244,758 Ukraine10
607,991 Indonesia5
10,876 Trinidad and Tobago5
8,438 China5
122,390 Belarus4
1,219,338 India3
16,605 Austria3
6,270 Hong Kong3
127,708 Czech Republic3
338 Cape Verde3
32,086 Mexico3
21,529 Singapore2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
19,093 Finland2
44,018 Poland2
82,478 South Africa2
18,718 Thailand2
34,681 Norway2
5,139 Bolivia2
54,135 Philippines2
48,575 Azerbaijan1
62,864 New Zealand1
53,033 Nigeria1
9,591 Panama1
28,746 Algeria1
7,198 Maldives1
7,847 Albania1
7,292 Vietnam1
18,969 Wales1
5,553 Taiwan1
16,228 Bulgaria1
12,270 Lebanon1
9,498 Iceland1
3,307 Malta1
5,916 Mozambique1
3,275 Nepal1
17,236 Ghana1
49,529 Israel1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
36,814 Romania1
24,421 Slovakia1
7,895 South Korea1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
12,741 Ecuador1
10,683 Cyprus1
2,333 Montenegro1
53,505 Turkey1
8,859 Iraq1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,780 Scotland46
1,273 Luxembourg46
21,712 Sweden44
8,504 Ireland33
11,444 Portugal28
20,233 Denmark25
313,372 Russia23
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
25,821 Netherlands97
16,172 Peru71
13,232 Chile63
Countries with hundreds of Gentile:
13,156 Germany773
508 Uruguay758
1,420 Switzerland693
3,141 Venezuela627
5,114 Australia585
12,051 England505
4,444 Belgium393
13,445 Spain257
5,910 Colombia245
Countries with thousands of Gentile:
1,801 Brazil8,474
2,866 Canada1,679
5,105 France1,641
Countries with ten thousands of Gentile:
36 Italy38,822
2,139 United States18,898
333 Argentina12,662
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

A. Gentile from Italy aboard the Columbia from Naples on September 5, 1888. He is registered to be 1 years old when he arrived in New York. A. Gentile, A. Gentile, aged 3, A. Gentile, aged 12, Laborer A. Gentile, A. Gentile (20), 23 years old A. Gentile, Laborer A. Gentile, A. Gentile (28) Laborer, and 1200 other Gentile around 42.56% of whom were laborer while others worked as carpenter and baker, farmer, fisherman, mariner, tailor, barber, porter, peasant, shoemaker, daughter, domestic, country man, housewife, merchant, country woman, helper, sailor, musician, journeyman, dressmaker, seamstress, smith, housekeeper, seaman, miner, mason, agriculturist, servant, blacksmith, miller, engineer, house woman, clerk migrated to US from Messina, Naples & Palermo, Naples & Trieste and Gibraltar & Naples.

Comments

C
Chad Kendig
 Gentile is a Corsican and Italian surname, shape nice nickname with sense valiant, noble.

Gentile Namesakes

    Ferdinando Gentile, Italian former basketball player
  • In 2010, Germano Gentile played the role of Massimo 'Nigger' in crime, drama movie Et in terra pax.

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