How common is the surname Geren?

2,026 people in the United States had the surname Geren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,392 Americans. It ranked 14,681st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Geren?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Geren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Geren getting more or less common?

More common. 1,685 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,026 in 2010, up 20%.

The surname Geren

A surname, carried by 2,026 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Geren is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

From the German surname, spelling variant of Gehren, from Gehr.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,026 people named Geren in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 152,392 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,685.

#14,681

rank among US surnames

2,026

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+20.2%

change since 2000 (was #15,854)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,681	Prange	2,026	152,392
#14,686	Booze	2,025	152,467

Who is named Geren

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

91% of people named Geren identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Geren

Geren has the Soundex code G650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G650.

Questions

Where does the surname Geren come from?: From the German surname, spelling variant of Gehren, from Gehr.
How common is the surname Geren?: 2,026 people in the United States had the surname Geren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,392 Americans. It ranked 14,681st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Geren?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Geren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Geren getting more or less common?: More common. 1,685 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,026 in 2010, up 20%.