How common is the surname Georg?

543 people in the United States had the surname Georg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 568,592 Americans. It ranked 40,313th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Georg getting more or less common?

More common. 522 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 543 in 2010, up 4.0%.

Is Georg also a first name?

Yes. Georg is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Georg

A Latin patronymic surname, carried by 543 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G620 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Georg is more common than 75.2% of them.

Origin

Latin origin

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

Georg is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 91 Latin surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 543 people named Georg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 568,592 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 522.

#40,313

rank among US surnames

543

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #39,617)

Who is named Georg

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

92% of people named Georg identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Georg

Georg has the Soundex code G620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G620.

Other Latin surnames

All 91 Latin surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Georg come from?: From Danish, Estonian, Faroese, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish Georg, from Latin Geōrgius. The slang sense is from Spiders Georg.
How common is the surname Georg?: 543 people in the United States had the surname Georg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 568,592 Americans. It ranked 40,313th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Georg?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Georg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Georg?: Georg is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Georg getting more or less common?: More common. 522 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 543 in 2010, up 4.0%.
Is Georg also a first name?: Yes. Georg is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.