Explore the Family Name Genis

The meaning of Genis

Catalan (Genís): from the personal name Genís, a variant of Ginés (see Gines). Some characteristic forenames: Russian Galya, Aleksandr, Boris, Igor, Lyubov, Mikail, Oleg, Semyon, Sofya, Vladimir. Spanish Javier, Jose, Alicia, Amado, Damacia, Edmundo, Ignacio, Miguel.

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How common is the last name Genis in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Genis has seen an increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of the Genis surname moved up from 34,150 in 2000 to 29,528 in 2010, a change of 13.53%. In terms of count, the number of people with the Genis surname increased by 27.23% from 628 in 2000 to 799 in 2010. This resulted in a proportional per 100,000 increase of 17.39%, moving from 0.23 to 0.27.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#34,150	#29,528	13.53%
Count	628	799	27.23%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.27	17.39%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Genis

In terms of ethnicity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals a shift in the ethnic identity associated with the Genis surname between 2000 and 2010. There was a significant increase in the Hispanic ethnicity from 37.42% in 2000 to 50.56% in 2010, a change of 35.11%. However, there was also a decrease in the White ethnicity from 57.01% to 46.18%, a change of -19%. Furthermore, those identifying as belonging to two or more races decreased from 2.07% to 0.75%, a drop of -63.77%. Finally, the Black ethnicity decreased from 2.39% to 1.63%, a change of -31.80%. No changes were reported for Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	37.42%	50.56%	35.11%
White	57.01%	46.18%	-19%
Black	2.39%	1.63%	-31.8%
Two or More Races	2.07%	0.75%	-63.77%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%