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    The surname Geralds

    A French patronymic surname, carried by 678 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G643

    Geralds: #33,596 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Geralds #33,596, 678 people Geralds: #33,596 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Geralds #33,596, 678 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Geralds is more common than 79.3% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From Gerald + -s (patronymic suffix). From Anglo-Norman, from Old French, from Frankish.

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

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 678 people named Geralds in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 455,377 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 643.

    #33,596
    rank among US surnames
    678
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.4%
    change since 2000 (was #33,471)

    Who is named Geralds

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

    60% of people named Geralds identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 60%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 37%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Geralds

    Geralds has the Soundex code G643, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G643.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Geralds come from?
    From Gerald + -s (patronymic suffix). From Anglo-Norman, from Old French, from Frankish.
    How common is the surname Geralds?
    678 people in the United States had the surname Geralds in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 455,377 Americans. It ranked 33,596th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Geralds?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Geralds identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Geralds?
    Geralds is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Geralds getting more or less common?
    More common. 643 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 678 in 2010, up 5.4%.