# Gehring (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gehring/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,100 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,638 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 60,538 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.6% (4,829 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Gehris |

## Etymology

From the German and Alemannic German surname, from Gehring, a short form of Gerhard; equivalent to German Gerard + -ing.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gehring in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gehring in the United States.

## People named Gehring

- Lana Gehring, American short track speed skater
- Frederick Gehring, American mathematician (1925-2012)

## Similar surnames

Gering, Goehring, Goering, Gehringer, Goring, Grimes, Granger, Grooms, Garnica, Grimsley, Grainger, Gurung.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.