How common is the surname Gero?

1,429 people in the United States had the surname Gero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,057 Americans. It ranked 19,053rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gero?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gero identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gero?

Liri Gero, Albanian resistance fighter.

Where is the surname Gero most common?

Wikidata records people named Gero in Albania.

Is the surname Gero getting more or less common?

More common. 1,382 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,429 in 2010, up 3.4%.

Is Gero also a first name?

Yes. Gero is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Gero

A surname, carried by 1,429 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gero is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,429 people named Gero in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 216,057 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,382.

#19,053

rank among US surnames

1,429

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #18,447)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,053	Minder	1,429	216,057
#19,062	Cianci	1,428	216,208

Who is named Gero

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

92% of people named Gero identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Geros

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Liri Gero
Albanian resistance fighter, 1926–1944

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gero

Gero has the Soundex code G600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G600.

Questions

How common is the surname Gero?: 1,429 people in the United States had the surname Gero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,057 Americans. It ranked 19,053rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gero?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gero identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gero?: Liri Gero, Albanian resistance fighter.
Where is the surname Gero most common?: Wikidata records people named Gero in Albania.
Is the surname Gero getting more or less common?: More common. 1,382 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,429 in 2010, up 3.4%.
Is Gero also a first name?: Yes. Gero is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.