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    The surname Gere

    A surname, carried by 848 people in the United States.

    1 syllable 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). Gere is more common than 82.6% of them.

    Origin

    * As a German surname, Americanized from Gehr * As an English surname, spelling variant of Geary * As a Hungarian surname, from the personal name Gergely

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 848 people named Gere in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 364,087 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 847.

    #28,215
    rank among US surnames
    848
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.1%
    change since 2000 (was #26,946)

    Who is named Gere

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

    91% of people named Gere identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Two or more races 1.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Geres

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Richard Gere
      American actor (born 1949)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gere

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gere come from?
    * As a German surname, Americanized from Gehr * As an English surname, spelling variant of Geary * As a Hungarian surname, from the personal name Gergely
    How common is the surname Gere?
    848 people in the United States had the surname Gere in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 364,087 Americans. It ranked 28,215th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gere?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Gere identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Gere?
    Richard Gere, American actor (born 1949).
    Where is the surname Gere most common?
    Wikidata records people named Gere in the United States.
    Is the surname Gere getting more or less common?
    More common. 847 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 848 in 2010, up 0.1%.