How common is the surname Gebhardt?

4,981 people in the United States had the surname Gebhardt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,985 Americans. It ranked 6,771st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gebhardt?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gebhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gebhardt?

Eduard von Gebhardt, Baltic German painter (1838-1925).

Where is the surname Gebhardt most common?

Wikidata records people named Gebhardt in the Russian Empire.

Is the surname Gebhardt getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,001 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,981 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Gebhardt

A German surname, carried by 4,981 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G163

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gebhardt is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Gebhardt, from the old Germanic elements *geban (“to give (a gift)”) + *hard(ī) (“hardy, brave, strong”).

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,981 people named Gebhardt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,985 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,001.

#6,771

rank among US surnames

4,981

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,274)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,765	Crumpton	4,985	61,935
#6,766	Viveros	4,983	61,960
#6,769	Musgrave	4,982	61,972
#6,771	Bushman	4,981	61,985
#6,773	Cobos	4,980	61,997

Who is named Gebhardt

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

95% of people named Gebhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gebhardts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eduard von Gebhardt
Baltic German painter (1838-1925)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Gabehart

Surnames that sound like Gebhardt

Gebhardt has the Soundex code G163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G163.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gebhardt come from?: Borrowed from German Gebhardt, from the old Germanic elements *geban (“to give (a gift)”) + *hard(ī) (“hardy, brave, strong”).
How common is the surname Gebhardt?: 4,981 people in the United States had the surname Gebhardt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,985 Americans. It ranked 6,771st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gebhardt?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gebhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gebhardt?: Eduard von Gebhardt, Baltic German painter (1838-1925).
Where is the surname Gebhardt most common?: Wikidata records people named Gebhardt in the Russian Empire.
Is the surname Gebhardt getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,001 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,981 in 2010, down 0.4%.
What are other spellings of Gebhardt?: Gabehart.