How common is the surname Gehringer?

1,471 people in the United States had the surname Gehringer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 209,888 Americans. It ranked 18,685th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gehringer?

Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player (1903-1993).

Where is the surname Gehringer most common?

Wikidata records people named Gehringer in the United States.

Is the surname Gehringer getting more or less common?

More common. 1,438 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,471 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Gehringer

A surname, carried by 1,471 people in the United States.

3 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). Gehringer is more common than 88.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,471 people named Gehringer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 209,888 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,438.

#18,685

rank among US surnames

1,471

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #17,924)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,676	Purpura	1,472	209,746
#18,685	Gettinger	1,471	209,888
#18,694	Klose	1,470	210,031

Who is named Gehringer

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

97% of people named Gehringer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as two or more races and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Two or more races 1.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
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 Gehringers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charlie Gehringer
American baseball player (1903-1993)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gehringer

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

Questions

How common is the surname Gehringer?: 1,471 people in the United States had the surname Gehringer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 209,888 Americans. It ranked 18,685th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gehringer?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Gehringer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Gehringer?: Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player (1903-1993).
Where is the surname Gehringer most common?: Wikidata records people named Gehringer in the United States.
Is the surname Gehringer getting more or less common?: More common. 1,438 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,471 in 2010, up 2.3%.