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    The surname Gervasi

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,311 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G612

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gervasi is more common than 87.5% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Gervasi.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,311 people named Gervasi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 235,504 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,259.

    #20,285
    rank among US surnames
    1,311
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #19,784)

    Who is named Gervasi

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

    92% of people named Gervasi identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    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 Gervasi

    Gervasi has the Soundex code G612, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G612.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gervasi come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Gervasi.
    How common is the surname Gervasi?
    1,311 people in the United States had the surname Gervasi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,504 Americans. It ranked 20,285th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gervasi?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gervasi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Gervasi getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,259 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,311 in 2010, up 4.1%.