How common is the surname Geary?

12,382 people in the United States had the surname Geary in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,935 Americans. It ranked 2,895th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Geary getting more or less common?

More common. 12,168 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,382 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Geary

A nickname surname, carried by 12,382 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Geary is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

* As an Irish surname, from Ó Gadhra, from gadhar (“hound”) * As an English surname, from gar (“spear”), as well as a nickname derived from Middle English gery (“unpredictable”) * As a German surname, from Gehring and Gehrig.

Geary is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,382 people named Geary in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,935 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,168.

#2,895

rank among US surnames

12,382

people in 2010

4.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #2,717)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,886	Zelaya	12,448	24,803
#2,887	Jaeger	12,436	24,827
#2,888	Smalls	12,435	24,829
#2,889	Clevenger	12,428	24,843
#2,891	Bollinger	12,425	24,849
#2,892	Armendariz	12,423	24,853
#2,893	Denson	12,419	24,861

Who is named Geary

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

93% of people named Geary identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Geary

Geary has the Soundex code G600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G600.

Questions

Where does the surname Geary come from?: * As an Irish surname, from Ó Gadhra, from gadhar (“hound”) * As an English surname, from gar (“spear”), as well as a nickname derived from Middle English gery (“unpredictable”) * As a German surname, from Gehring and Gehrig.
How common is the surname Geary?: 12,382 people in the United States had the surname Geary in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,935 Americans. It ranked 2,895th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Geary?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Geary identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Geary?: Geary is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Geary getting more or less common?: More common. 12,168 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,382 in 2010, up 1.8%.