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    The surname Gerth

    A surname, carried by 1,967 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G630

    Gerth: #15,015 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gerth #15,015, 1,967 people Gerth: #15,015 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gerth #15,015, 1,967 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gerth 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 1,967 people named Gerth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 156,963 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,977.

    #15,015
    rank among US surnames
    1,967
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #14,000)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,015Gerth1,967156,963
    #15,020Stallman1,966157,042

    Who is named Gerth

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

    95% of people named Gerth identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    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

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Gerth

    Gerth has the Soundex code G630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G630.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Gerth?
    1,967 people in the United States had the surname Gerth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,963 Americans. It ranked 15,015th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gerth?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gerth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Gerth getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,977 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,967 in 2010, down 0.5%.