The surname Gerling
A surname, carried by 2,294 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex G645
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,294 people named Gerling in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,588 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,827.
#13,297
rank among US surnames
2,294
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+25.6%
change since 2000 (was #14,871)
Who is named Gerling
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Gerling identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Gerling
Gerling has the Soundex code G645, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G645.
Questions
- How common is the surname Gerling?
- 2,294 people in the United States had the surname Gerling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,588 Americans. It ranked 13,297th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Gerling?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gerling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Gerling getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,827 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,294 in 2010, up 26%.