Around the globe, 根斯 (Gens 
, 根斯 
) is a rare principally masculine, but very seldom feminine first name. The first name 根斯 is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare boy's name, the Dominican Republic, and France, where it is a very rare masculine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, and China. More prevalently, 根斯 is the last name as well as the forename.