Gence
loc · Azerbaijani · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Gence is a name, most frequently recorded in France. It appears chiefly in Azerbaijani and French, written in the Latin script.
- FRFrance1 in 607K◐
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- 60K ●
- Sources
- 181 ●
in 3 countries
3.8K records
Official registry-verified
Meaning & origin●
Geniş, genişçe.
Sources 1
- TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | 346 | 3.7K rec. | — | 212 | Gence | 181 |
| NO Norway | — | — | — | 22 | — | — |
| BE Belgium | — | 6 rec. | — | 13 | — | 6 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 6 rec. | — | 12 | — | 6 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Azerbaijani50K83%
- French3441%
- Turkish61%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Azerbaijani | 49,546 | 83% |
| French | 344 | 1% |
| Turkish | 6 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Gence is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Turkish, Ganja (a city in Azerbaijan)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Turkish, Geniş, genişçe.
as a wordTDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 57 |
| 1901 | 134 |
| 1911 | 154 |
| 1921 | 193 |
| 1931 | 168 |
| 1941 | 201 |
| 1951 | 272 |
| 1961 | 224 |
| 1971 | 246 |
| 1981 | 252 |
| 1991 | 212 |
FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Jean Baptiste Modeste Genceb. 1755FRFrench writer
- Denise Genceb. 1924FRFrench actress
- Durul Genceb. 1940TRTurkish musician (1940–2021)
- Claude Genceb. 1949FRFrench politician
- Aline Genceb. 1964FRFrench politician
- Jérôme Genceb. 1984FRFrench photographer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 7 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 272 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 252 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 246 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 224 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 212 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 201 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 193 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 168 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 154 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 134 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 57 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 22 | #40,939 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 14 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Gence?
- Our records include 59,991 bearers of Gence across 3 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Gence have the most bearers?
- Gence is most frequently recorded in France, where it is most often spelled gence.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gence”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.