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    The surname Gera

    A Punjabi surname, carried by 634 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G600

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gera is more common than 78.1% of them.

    Origin

    Punjabi origin

    Various origins: * Borrowed from Punjabi ਗੇੜਾ (geṛā). * Borrowed from Hungarian Gera or Géra.

    One of 39 Punjabi surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 634 people named Gera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 486,980 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 552.

    #35,489
    rank among US surnames
    634
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.9%
    change since 2000 (was #37,835)

    Who is named Gera

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

    62% of people named Gera identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 62%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 31%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    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

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    Surnames that sound like Gera

    Gera has the Soundex code G600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G600.

    Other Punjabi surnames

    All 39 Punjabi surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gera come from?
    Various origins: * Borrowed from Punjabi ਗੇੜਾ (geṛā). * Borrowed from Hungarian Gera or Géra.
    How common is the surname Gera?
    634 people in the United States had the surname Gera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 486,980 Americans. It ranked 35,489th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gera?
    In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Gera identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Gera getting more or less common?
    More common. 552 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 634 in 2010, up 15%.