How common is the surname Gerhardt?

5,007 people in the United States had the surname Gerhardt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,663 Americans. It ranked 6,736th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gerhardt?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gerhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gerhardt?

Robert Gerhardt, American rower (1903–1989).

Where is the surname Gerhardt most common?

Wikidata records people named Gerhardt in the United States.

Is the surname Gerhardt getting more or less common?

More common. 4,931 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,007 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Gerhardt

A German surname, carried by 5,007 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G663

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gerhardt is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Gerhardt.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,007 people named Gerhardt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,663 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,931.

#6,736

rank among US surnames

5,007

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,358)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,732	Roll	5,011	61,614
#6,733	Gottschalk	5,010	61,626
#6,735	Dinsmore	5,008	61,650
#6,736	Gerhardt	5,007	61,663
#6,737	McShane	5,006	61,675

Who is named Gerhardt

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

92% of people named Gerhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.2%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gerhardts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Gerhardt
American rower (1903–1989)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gerhardt

Gerhardt has the Soundex code G663, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G663.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gerhardt come from?: Borrowed from German Gerhardt.
How common is the surname Gerhardt?: 5,007 people in the United States had the surname Gerhardt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,663 Americans. It ranked 6,736th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gerhardt?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gerhardt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gerhardt?: Robert Gerhardt, American rower (1903–1989).
Where is the surname Gerhardt most common?: Wikidata records people named Gerhardt in the United States.
Is the surname Gerhardt getting more or less common?: More common. 4,931 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,007 in 2010, up 1.5%.