Last Name GENTIL

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Meaning	Nickname: The gentle. Originally one who was not a Christian; later, one of polished, well-bred manners, 'genteel.' Then, again, one of gentle, benign character.

Origin	English, Irish, Haitian, Portuguese, Austrian, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	53,904 (2000 US census)

Count	359 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

55.15%, or 198 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
5.85%, or 21 total occurrences, as black,
4.18%, or 15 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
4.18%, or 15 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
30.64%, or 110 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte