How common is the surname Gerges?

1,016 people in the United States had the surname Gerges in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 303,883 Americans. It ranked 24,593rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Gerges getting more or less common?

More common. 520 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,016 in 2010, up 95%.

The surname Gerges

A surname, carried by 1,016 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G622

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gerges is more common than 84.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,016 people named Gerges in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 303,883 Americans. That is up 95% since 2000, when the Census counted 520.

#24,593

rank among US surnames

1,016

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+95.4%

change since 2000 (was #39,756)

Who is named Gerges

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

92% of people named Gerges identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as two or more races and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Two or more races 3.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gerges

Gerges has the Soundex code G622, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G622.

Questions

How common is the surname Gerges?: 1,016 people in the United States had the surname Gerges in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 303,883 Americans. It ranked 24,593rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gerges?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gerges identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as two or more races.
Is the surname Gerges getting more or less common?: More common. 520 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,016 in 2010, up 95%.