The Genna surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 736 people carried this name — #31,453 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted. That is down 14% from 855 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Genna surname
From Italian Genna, a topographic name from Arabic جَنَّة (janna, “garden”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Genna» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 194 people named Genna live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Mendoza.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 132 people named Genna.
Most of them — 95 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often La Réunion.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
85 people named Genna live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Genna.
- Genet 663 · U.S. census
- Geng 1,146 · U.S. census
- Genie 105 · U.S. census
- Genier 298 · U.S. census
- Genin 265 · U.S. census
- Genis 799 · U.S. census
- Gennari 373 · U.S. census
- Gennaro 1,304 · U.S. census
- Genova 2,355 · U.S. census
- Genovese 5,147 · U.S. census
- Genovesi 339 · U.S. census
- Genre 138 · U.S. census
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