See also: gens, gēns, ġens, and Gens. English English Wikipedia has an article on:GensWikipedia Etymology 1 Borrowed from German Gens, a variant of Jens. Proper noun Gens (plural Genses) A surname from German. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Gens is the 40800th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 535 individuals. Gens is most common among White (93.27%) individuals. Further reading Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gens”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 30. Etymology 2 Noun Gens plural of Gen Anagrams Seng, engs, negs German Pronunciation Audio:(file) Noun Gens genitive singular of GenWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.