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    The surname Gerner

    A surname, carried by 1,823 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G656

    Gerner: #15,938 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gerner #15,938, 1,823 people Gerner: #15,938 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gerner #15,938, 1,823 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gerner is more common than 90.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,823 people named Gerner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 169,361 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,651.

    #15,938
    rank among US surnames
    1,823
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.4%
    change since 2000 (was #16,113)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,931Murch1,824169,268
    #15,938Allyn1,823169,361
    #15,947Butner1,822169,454

    Who is named Gerner

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

    94% of people named Gerner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gerner

    Gerner has the Soundex code G656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G656.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gerner?
    1,823 people in the United States had the surname Gerner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,361 Americans. It ranked 15,938th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gerner?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gerner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Gerner getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,651 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,823 in 2010, up 10%.