Gén
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Gén is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Refractory, obstinate, resist.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 62K(inferred from the name graph)
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 63K
- USUnited States1 in 292K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 253 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 44K (inferred from the name graph)
≈28,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Singapore, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Gen in US United States, PH Philippines, AU Australia and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Refractory, obstinate, resist
Sources 2
- Wiktionary
- Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gén counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈28,000 est. | ≈1 in 50K | — | Gen | 19 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 109K | — | Gen | 20 |
| PH Philippines | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 63K | — | Gen | 59 |
| US United States | 1,141 | 1 in 292K | 588 | Gen | 253 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈650 est. | ≈1 in 50K | — | Gen | 29 |
| AU Australia | ≈410 est. | ≈1 in 62K | 1 | Gen | 109 |
| SG Singapore | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 44K | — | Gen | 34 |
| EE Estonia | ≈21 est. | ≈1 in 59K | 22 | — | 7 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Gén mean, and where does it come from?
- Refractory, obstinate, resist Recorded by Wiktionary and Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007).
- In which country does Gén have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 28 thousand people named Gén in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gen.
- How common is the name Gén?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,141 people named Gén in 2020, about 1 in 292 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/g%C3%A9nThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gén”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.