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    The surname Gerace

    An Italian surname, carried by 2,258 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G620

    Gerace: #13,474 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gerace #13,474, 2,258 people Gerace: #13,474 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gerace #13,474, 2,258 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gerace is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Gerace.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,258 people named Gerace in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 136,734 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,209.

    #13,474
    rank among US surnames
    2,258
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #12,796)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,466Hertzog2,261136,553
    #13,470Vandegrift2,260136,613
    #13,472Nease2,259136,674
    #13,474Siewert2,258136,734
    #13,477Corner2,256136,855
    #13,480Lunceford2,255136,916
    #13,483Bartelt2,254136,977

    Who is named Gerace

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

    96% of people named Gerace identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    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

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Gerace

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

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gerace come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Gerace.
    How common is the surname Gerace?
    2,258 people in the United States had the surname Gerace in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 136,734 Americans. It ranked 13,474th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gerace?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gerace identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Gerace getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,209 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,258 in 2010, up 2.2%.