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    The surname Gerow

    A surname, carried by 1,964 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G600

    Gerow: #15,043 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gerow #15,043, 1,964 people Gerow: #15,043 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gerow #15,043, 1,964 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gerow is more common than 90.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,964 people named Gerow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,202 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,984.

    #15,043
    rank among US surnames
    1,964
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1%
    change since 2000 (was #13,957)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,043Gerow1,964157,202
    #15,048Premo1,963157,282
    #15,052Linger1,962157,363

    Who is named Gerow

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

    93% of people named Gerow identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as two or more races and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • 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 Gerow

    Gerow 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 Gerow?
    1,964 people in the United States had the surname Gerow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,202 Americans. It ranked 15,043rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gerow?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Gerow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Gerow getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,984 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,964 in 2010, down 1.0%.