How common is the surname Geis?

3,347 people in the United States had the surname Geis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,245 Americans. It ranked 9,692nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Geis?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Geis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Geis getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,386 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,347 in 2010, down 1.2%.

The surname Geis

A surname, carried by 3,347 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Geis is more common than 94% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,347 people named Geis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,245 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,386.

#9,692

rank among US surnames

3,347

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-1.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,891)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,686	Kunze	3,351	92,135
#9,687	Scholten	3,350	92,163
#9,691	Paramo	3,348	92,218
#9,692	Geis	3,347	92,245
#9,695	Charleston	3,346	92,273

Who is named Geis

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

96% of people named Geis identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Geis

Geis has the Soundex code G200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G200.

Questions

How common is the surname Geis?: 3,347 people in the United States had the surname Geis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,245 Americans. It ranked 9,692nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Geis?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Geis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Geis getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,386 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,347 in 2010, down 1.2%.