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    The surname Geddis

    A surname, carried by 1,167 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G320

    Geddis: #22,144 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Geddis #22,144, 1,167 people Geddis: #22,144 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Geddis #22,144, 1,167 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Geddis is more common than 86.4% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Geddes.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,167 people named Geddis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 264,563 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,060.

    #22,144
    rank among US surnames
    1,167
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.1%
    change since 2000 (was #22,637)

    Who is named Geddis

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

    53% of people named Geddis identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 53%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 43%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Geddis

    Geddis has the Soundex code G320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G320.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Geddis come from?
    Variant of Geddes.
    How common is the surname Geddis?
    1,167 people in the United States had the surname Geddis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 264,563 Americans. It ranked 22,144th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Geddis?
    In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Geddis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Geddis getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,060 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,167 in 2010, up 10%.