How common is the surname Gearhart?

7,553 people in the United States had the surname Gearhart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,877 Americans. It ranked 4,696th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gearhart?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gearhart identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gearhart?

Devon Gearhart, American actor, followed by Sally Miller Gearhart.

Where is the surname Gearhart most common?

Wikidata records people named Gearhart in the United States.

Is the surname Gearhart getting more or less common?

More common. 7,504 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,553 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Gearhart

A surname, carried by 7,553 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G663

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gearhart is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

From the German surname, Americanized from Gerhardt. Compare Gayheart.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,553 people named Gearhart in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,877 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,504.

#4,696

rank among US surnames

7,553

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #4,375)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,687	Pearl	7,570	40,785
#4,688	Timmerman	7,569	40,791
#4,689	Lemieux	7,567	40,802
#4,690	Henke	7,566	40,807
#4,692	Avelar	7,564	40,818
#4,693	Carpio	7,561	40,834
#4,694	Graziano	7,559	40,845

Who is named Gearhart

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

96% of people named Gearhart identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gearharts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Devon Gearhart
American actor, born 1995
Sally Miller Gearhart
American teacher, feminist, science fiction writer, and political activist (1931–2021)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gearhart

Gearhart has the Soundex code G663, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G663.

Questions

Where does the surname Gearhart come from?: From the German surname, Americanized from Gerhardt. Compare Gayheart.
How common is the surname Gearhart?: 7,553 people in the United States had the surname Gearhart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,877 Americans. It ranked 4,696th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gearhart?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gearhart identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gearhart?: Devon Gearhart, American actor, followed by Sally Miller Gearhart.
Where is the surname Gearhart most common?: Wikidata records people named Gearhart in the United States.
Is the surname Gearhart getting more or less common?: More common. 7,504 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,553 in 2010, up 0.7%.