How common is the surname Gehring?

5,100 people in the United States had the surname Gehring in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,538 Americans. It ranked 6,638th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gehring?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gehring identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gehring?

Lana Gehring, American short track speed skater, followed by Frederick Gehring.

Where is the surname Gehring most common?

Wikidata records people named Gehring in the United States.

Is the surname Gehring getting more or less common?

More common. 4,829 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,100 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Gehring

A German surname, carried by 5,100 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gehring is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

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 5,100 people named Gehring in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,538 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,829.

#6,638

rank among US surnames

5,100

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,487)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,634	Dishman	5,106	60,467
#6,635	Brumbaugh	5,103	60,503
#6,636	Beachy	5,102	60,515
#6,638	Gehring	5,100	60,538
#6,640	Manion	5,099	60,550

Who is named Gehring

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

96% of people named Gehring identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gehrings

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lana Gehring
American short track speed skater, born 1990
Frederick Gehring
American mathematician (1925-2012)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Gehris

Surnames that sound like Gehring

Gehring has the Soundex code G652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G652.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gehring come from?: From the German and Alemannic German surname, from Gehring, a short form of Gerhard; equivalent to German Gerard + -ing.
How common is the surname Gehring?: 5,100 people in the United States had the surname Gehring in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,538 Americans. It ranked 6,638th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gehring?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gehring identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gehring?: Lana Gehring, American short track speed skater, followed by Frederick Gehring.
Where is the surname Gehring most common?: Wikidata records people named Gehring in the United States.
Is the surname Gehring getting more or less common?: More common. 4,829 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,100 in 2010, up 5.6%.
What are other spellings of Gehring?: Gehris.