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    The surname Gerber

    A surname, carried by 16,732 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈɡɝbɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex G616

    Gerber: #2,170 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Gerber #2,170, 16,732 people Gerber: #2,170 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gerber #2,170, 16,732 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gerber is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,732 people named Gerber in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,452 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,348.

    #2,170
    rank among US surnames
    16,732
    people in 2010
    5.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,033)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,161Dupree16,79418,384
    #2,162Eastman16,79118,388
    #2,163Crandall16,78118,399
    #2,164Light16,76918,412
    #2,166Almeida16,76018,422
    #2,167Hawthorne16,75818,424
    #2,168Pendleton16,75118,431

    Who is named Gerber

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

    95% of people named Gerber identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Gerbers

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kaia Gerber
      American model and actress (born 2001)
    • Steve Gerber
      American comic writer (1947–2008)
    • Michael Gerber
      American writer, born 1969

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Gerber

    Gerber has the Soundex code G616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G616.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gerber?
    16,732 people in the United States had the surname Gerber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,452 Americans. It ranked 2,170th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gerber?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gerber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Gerber?
    Kaia Gerber, American model and actress (born 2001), followed by Steve Gerber.
    Where is the surname Gerber most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gerber in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Gerber?
    Gerber is /ˈɡɝbɚ/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Gerber getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,348 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,732 in 2010, up 2.3%.