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    The surname Gerst

    A surname, carried by 1,913 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G623

    Gerst: #15,328 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gerst #15,328, 1,913 people Gerst: #15,328 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gerst #15,328, 1,913 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gerst is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,913 people named Gerst in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,393 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,877.

    #15,328
    rank among US surnames
    1,913
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #14,559)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,322Catano1,915161,225
    #15,325Irick1,914161,309
    #15,328Goudeau1,913161,393

    Who is named Gerst

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

    92% of people named Gerst identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Gerst

    Gerst has the Soundex code G623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G623.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gerst?
    1,913 people in the United States had the surname Gerst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,393 Americans. It ranked 15,328th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gerst?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gerst identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Gerst getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,877 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,913 in 2010, up 1.9%.