How common is the surname Gerstein?

1,387 people in the United States had the surname Gerstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,600 Americans. It ranked 19,480th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gerstein?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gerstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Gerstein getting more or less common?

More common. 1,221 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,387 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Gerstein

A German surname, carried by 1,387 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gerstein is more common than 88% of them.

Origin

German origin

Uncertain, possibly from German Gerste (“barley”) + -stein.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,387 people named Gerstein in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 222,600 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,221.

#19,480

rank among US surnames

1,387

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+13.6%

change since 2000 (was #20,270)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,480	Vanvoorhis	1,387	222,600
#19,489	Pulsifer	1,386	222,760

Who is named Gerstein

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

96% of people named Gerstein identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gerstein

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gerstein come from?: Uncertain, possibly from German Gerste (“barley”) + -stein.
How common is the surname Gerstein?: 1,387 people in the United States had the surname Gerstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,600 Americans. It ranked 19,480th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gerstein?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gerstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Gerstein getting more or less common?: More common. 1,221 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,387 in 2010, up 14%.