# Gerber (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,732 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,170 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,452 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.3% (16,348 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡɝbɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gerber 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gerber in the United States.

## People named Gerber

- Kaia Gerber, American model and actress (born 2001)
- Steve Gerber, American comic writer (1947–2008)
- Michael Gerber, American writer

## Similar surnames

Gruber, Garber, Graber, Graeber, Grover, Garver, Groover, Gruver, Graver, Garbarino.

## 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.