# Gervais (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gervais/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,233 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,488 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 59,000 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.0% (4,935 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /dʒəˈveɪz/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Gervais, from Latin Gervasius.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gervais in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gervais in the United Kingdom.

## People named Gervais

- Ricky Gervais, British comedian

## Similar surnames

Gervacio, Gervasi, Graves, Groves, Grubbs, Grabowski, Griffis, Greaves, Garfias, Gurevich, Grubaugh, Grapes.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.