How common is the surname Geske?

1,255 people in the United States had the surname Geske in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 246,012 Americans. It ranked 20,971st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Geske?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Geske identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Geske getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,285 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,255 in 2010, down 2.3%.

The surname Geske

A surname, carried by 1,255 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Geske is more common than 87.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,255 people named Geske in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 246,012 Americans. That is down 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,285.

#20,971

rank among US surnames

1,255

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-2.3%

change since 2000 (was #19,455)

Who is named Geske

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

95% of people named Geske identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

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 Geske

Geske has the Soundex code G200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G200.

Questions

How common is the surname Geske?: 1,255 people in the United States had the surname Geske in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 246,012 Americans. It ranked 20,971st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Geske?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Geske identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Geske getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,285 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,255 in 2010, down 2.3%.