Gennis Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 2
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Gennis Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gennis family

Profession Census Frequency
Dress Maker 1
Sailor 1
Farmer Of 130 Acres Employing 10 Labourer 1
Cook Domestic Servant 1
Farmer 1
Farmer 30 Acres Of Land 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gennis

Name Census Frequency
William Gennis 15
Elizabeth Gennis 13
Mary Gennis 13
John Gennis 10
Sarah Gennis 10
George Gennis 6
Thomas Gennis 5
Henry Gennis 4
Joseph Gennis 4
Michael Gennis 4
Ellen Gennis 3
Emily Gennis 3
Ernest Gennis 3
James Gennis 3
Kate Gennis 3
Richard Gennis 3
Ruth Gennis 3
Ada Gennis 2
Amy Gennis 2
Annie Gennis 2
Bridget Gennis 2
Catherine Gennis 2
Celia Gennis 2
Edward Gennis 2
Emma Gennis 2

Gennis Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Gunns 67% 1,704
2 Ginns 67% 1,574
3 Gennis 100% 185
4 Gunnis 83% 165
5 Ginnis 83% 163

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The surname Gennis is the 3rd most popular variant of Gunns.

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