Gentleman is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gentleman
No. of characters: 9
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Gentleman

How popular is Gentleman?

Gentleman is ranked 233911 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gentleman bearers increased by 0.9584665 per cent in 2010 US census to 316 since 2000, the surname slipped by 2988 spots and ranked at 63218. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.51 94.57
Hispanic or Latino 3.48 0
Others 2.22 1.92
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9 1.6
Gentleman is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Scotland. Around 1398 people have been found who wears Gentleman as their family name. Gentleman is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
101,066 Zimbabwe5
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
119,730 Brazil3
91,784 Netherlands2
19,093 Finland2
40,064 Nigeria2
20,595 China2
131,225 Spain2
124,220 Italy2
1,256 Myanmar2
12,844 Pakistan2
723,167 Indonesia2
30,360 Thailand1
10,958 Bangladesh1
66,560 Philippines1
24,771 Colombia1
25,721 Egypt1
17,236 Ghana1
18,969 Wales1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
53,505 Turkey1
81,201 Switzerland1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
2,935 Madagascar1
24,176 Qatar1
28,746 Algeria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
8,504 Ireland33
359,634 India26
21,268 New Zealand21
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
35,454 Australia61
8,082 Scotland59
Countries with hundreds of Gentleman:
58,539 United States438
21,023 England247
30,064 South Africa183
25,888 Canada133
27,127 Mexico105
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Gentleman was 39 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on January 26, 1849. He lived in Ireland where he worked as stone mason and took Arrick from Liverpool. 35 years old Catherine Gentleman, Mary Gentleman (23) Spinster, Nicholas Gentleman (45) Farmer, Michael Gentleman, Jane Gentleman (9), Pat Gentleman (8), are other Gentleman that migrated to US from Liverpool, Limerick and Tralee.

Gentleman Namesakes

  • Robert Gentleman, Programming Language Designer
  • David Gentleman, Artist
  • Robert Gentleman, Programming Language Designer
  • Learned and truly loyal gentleman, Author
  • Mick Gentleman, Former Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
  • David Gentleman, Artist
  • Young gentleman of Philadelphia, Author
  • Robert Gentleman, Programming Language Designer
  • Learned and truly loyal gentleman, Author
  • Jeff "The Tuff Gentleman", Musical Artist

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