How common is the surname Gehrig?

1,138 people in the United States had the surname Gehrig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 271,305 Americans. It ranked 22,573rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gehrig?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gehrig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gehrig?

Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (1903–1941), followed by Eric Gehrig.

Where is the surname Gehrig most common?

Wikidata records people named Gehrig in the United States.

Is the surname Gehrig getting more or less common?

More common. 1,068 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,138 in 2010, up 6.6%.

The surname Gehrig

A German surname, carried by 1,138 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gehrig is more common than 86.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

From the German and Alemannic German surname, variant of Gehring.

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 1,138 people named Gehrig in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 271,305 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,068.

#22,573

rank among US surnames

1,138

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #22,481)

Who is named Gehrig

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

95% of people named Gehrig identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Two or more races 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gehrigs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lou Gehrig
American baseball player (1903–1941)
Eric Gehrig
American soccer player, born 1987

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gehrig

Gehrig has the Soundex code G620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G620.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gehrig come from?: From the German and Alemannic German surname, variant of Gehring.
How common is the surname Gehrig?: 1,138 people in the United States had the surname Gehrig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 271,305 Americans. It ranked 22,573rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gehrig?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gehrig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gehrig?: Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (1903–1941), followed by Eric Gehrig.
Where is the surname Gehrig most common?: Wikidata records people named Gehrig in the United States.
Is the surname Gehrig getting more or less common?: More common. 1,068 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,138 in 2010, up 6.6%.