How common is the surname Gentile?

14,873 people in the United States had the surname Gentile in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,759 Americans. It ranked 2,436th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gentile?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gentile identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gentile?

Troy Gentile, American actor, followed by Dominic Salvatore Gentile.

Where is the surname Gentile most common?

Wikidata records people named Gentile in the United States.

Is the surname Gentile getting more or less common?

Less common. 14,938 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,873 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Gentile

A surname, carried by 14,873 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G534

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gentile is more common than 98.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 14,873 people named Gentile in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,759 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 14,938.

#2,436

rank among US surnames

14,873

people in 2010

5.0

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #2,230)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,427	Mares	14,931	20,678
#2,428	Wilburn	14,928	20,682
#2,429	Malik	14,925	20,686
#2,430	Priest	14,915	20,700
#2,431	Michaud	14,910	20,707
#2,432	Tejada	14,903	20,717
#2,433	Irving	14,896	20,727

Who is named Gentile

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Gentile identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gentiles

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Troy Gentile
American actor, born 1993
Dominic Salvatore Gentile
American flying ace (1920–1951)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gentile

Gentle

Gentile has the Soundex code G534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G534.

Questions

How common is the surname Gentile?: 14,873 people in the United States had the surname Gentile in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,759 Americans. It ranked 2,436th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gentile?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gentile identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gentile?: Troy Gentile, American actor, followed by Dominic Salvatore Gentile.
Where is the surname Gentile most common?: Wikidata records people named Gentile in the United States.
Is the surname Gentile getting more or less common?: Less common. 14,938 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,873 in 2010, down 0.4%.