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    The surname Gaertner

    A surname, carried by 1,918 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G635

    Gaertner: #15,303 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gaertner #15,303, 1,918 people Gaertner: #15,303 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gaertner #15,303, 1,918 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gaertner is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,918 people named Gaertner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 160,973 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,833.

    #15,303
    rank among US surnames
    1,918
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.6%
    change since 2000 (was #14,838)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,296Brasfield1,919160,889
    #15,303Canto1,918160,973
    #15,309Kinner1,917161,057

    Who is named Gaertner

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Gaertner identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gaertner

    Gaertner has the Soundex code G635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G635.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gaertner?
    1,918 people in the United States had the surname Gaertner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 160,973 Americans. It ranked 15,303rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gaertner?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gaertner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Gaertner getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,833 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,918 in 2010, up 4.6%.