The Genton surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 183 people carried this name — #98,982 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 1% from 181 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 298 people named Genton.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Ain.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
239 people named Genton live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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.
Who carried it
People named Genton,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gustave Genton 1825–1872 -
Paul François Genton 1773–1851
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Claude Victor Louis Stanislas Genton 1827–1890 · politician
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Jacques Genton 1918–2008 · politician
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Elisabeth Genton 1923–2011 · philologist
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Pierre Genton 1924–2004 · architect
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Genton.
- Gentil 408 · U.S. census
- Gentile 14,873 · U.S. census
- Gentili 186 · U.S. census
- Gentilini 332 · U.S. census
- Gentis 290 · U.S. census
- Gentner 2,031 · U.S. census
- Genty 159 · U.S. census
- Geoffrion 529 · U.S. census
- Geoffroy 874 · U.S. census
- Georg 543 · U.S. census
- George 128,625 · U.S. census
- Georgen 246 · U.S. census
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