# Georg (surname)

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

A surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Latin |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 543 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,313 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 568,592 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (522 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Danish, Estonian, Faroese, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish Georg, from Latin Geōrgius. The slang sense is from Spiders Georg.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Georg 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.4% |

## Similar surnames

Gehrig, Gerig, George, Giorgi, Georgia, Garcia, Garza, Gross, Grace, Gregg, Griggs, Greco.

## 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.