The Gentile surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,873 people carried this name — #2,436 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 19,800 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (14,938).
In Argentina’s national register
At least 5,683 people named Gentile 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
664 people named Gentile live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 461 people named Gentile.
Most of them — 264 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 44 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 328 people named Gentile live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
28 people named Gentile is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Gentile,
with a public archive behind them.
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Benedetto Gentile Pevere 1490–1555 · politician -
Ottavio Gentile Oderico 1499–1575 · politician -
Giovanni Battista Gentile Pignolo 1525–1595 · politician -
Cesare Gentile 1614–1681 · politician -
Carmine Gentile 1678–1763 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 225 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gentile.
- Genson 657 · U.S. census
- Gent 2,199 · U.S. census
- Genta 243 · U.S. census
- Genter 668 · U.S. census
- Gentes 402 · U.S. census
- Gentil 408 · U.S. census
- Gentili 186 · U.S. census
- Gentilini 332 · U.S. census
- Gentis 290 · U.S. census
- Gentner 2,031 · U.S. census
- Genton 183 · U.S. census
- Genty 159 · U.S. census
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