How common is the surname Geter?

3,449 people in the United States had the surname Geter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,517 Americans. It ranked 9,431st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Geter getting more or less common?

More common. 3,200 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,449 in 2010, up 7.8%.

The surname Geter

A surname, carried by 3,449 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Geter is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,449 people named Geter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,517 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,200.

#9,431

rank among US surnames

3,449

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+7.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,346)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,426	Trieu	3,451	89,466
#9,427	Bulger	3,450	89,491
#9,431	Geter	3,449	89,517
#9,433	Bork	3,448	89,543
#9,437	Bethune	3,447	89,569
#9,440	Wehner	3,446	89,595

Who is named Geter

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

76% of people named Geter identified as Black (not Hispanic), 18% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 76%
White (not Hispanic) 18%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 2.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Geter

Geter has the Soundex code G360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G360.

Questions

How common is the surname Geter?: 3,449 people in the United States had the surname Geter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,517 Americans. It ranked 9,431st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Geter?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Geter identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 18% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Geter getting more or less common?: More common. 3,200 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,449 in 2010, up 7.8%.