How common is the surname Geiger?

22,039 people in the United States had the surname Geiger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,009 Americans. It ranked 1,634th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Geiger?

Mark Geiger, American association football referee, followed by John Geiger.

Where is the surname Geiger most common?

Wikidata records people named Geiger in the United States, Cisleithania and Austria and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Geiger?

Geiger is /ˈɡaɪɡə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Geiger getting more or less common?

More common. 21,785 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,039 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Geiger

A German surname, carried by 22,039 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɡaɪɡə(ɹ)/ 2 syllables Soundex G260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Geiger is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Geiger.

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 22,039 people named Geiger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,009 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,785.

#1,634

rank among US surnames

22,039

people in 2010

7.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,503)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,625	Vickers	22,176	13,923
#1,626	Cartwright	22,156	13,935
#1,627	Link	22,137	13,947
#1,628	Blackmon	22,130	13,951
#1,629	Bunch	22,117	13,960
#1,630	Grimm	22,103	13,968
#1,631	Meade	22,091	13,976

Who is named Geiger

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

90% of people named Geiger identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Geigers

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mark Geiger
American association football referee, born 1974
John Geiger
American rower (1873–1956)
Teddy Geiger
American singer and songwriter, born 1988
Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger
Austrian artist (1805–1880)
Arno Geiger
Austrian playwright and writer, born 1968
Friedrich Geiger
Automobile designer (1907–1996)
Richard Geiger
Austrian painter of Jewish descent (1870-1945)
Matt Geiger
American basketball player (born 1969)
Austin St. John
American actor, born 1974
Constanze von Ruttenstein
Austrian composer, pianist, and actor (1836-1890)

Notable Geigers come mostly from the United States (5), Cisleithania (2) and Austria (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Geiger

Geiger has the Soundex code G260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G260.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Geiger come from?: Borrowed from German Geiger.
How common is the surname Geiger?: 22,039 people in the United States had the surname Geiger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,009 Americans. It ranked 1,634th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Geiger?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Geiger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Geiger?: Mark Geiger, American association football referee, followed by John Geiger.
Where is the surname Geiger most common?: Wikidata records people named Geiger in the United States, Cisleithania and Austria and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Geiger?: Geiger is /ˈɡaɪɡə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Geiger getting more or less common?: More common. 21,785 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,039 in 2010, up 1.2%.