The surname Gehman
A surname, carried by 2,238 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex G550
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,238 people named Gehman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 137,956 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,055.
#13,545
rank among US surnames
2,238
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+8.9%
change since 2000 (was #13,554)
Who is named Gehman
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
97% of people named Gehman identified as white (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 97%
- Two or more races 0.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Gehman has the Soundex code G550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G550.
Questions
- How common is the surname Gehman?
- 2,238 people in the United States had the surname Gehman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,956 Americans. It ranked 13,545th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Gehman?
- In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Gehman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Gehman getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,055 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,238 in 2010, up 8.9%.