How common is the surname Gier?

1,344 people in the United States had the surname Gier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,721 Americans. It ranked 19,955th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gier?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Gier getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,479 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,344 in 2010, down 9.1%.

The surname Gier

A surname, carried by 1,344 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gier is more common than 87.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,344 people named Gier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 229,721 Americans. That is down 9.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,479.

#19,955

rank among US surnames

1,344

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-9.1%

change since 2000 (was #17,548)

Who is named Gier

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

92% of people named Gier identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%

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 Gier

Gier has the Soundex code G600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G600.

Questions

How common is the surname Gier?: 1,344 people in the United States had the surname Gier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,721 Americans. It ranked 19,955th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gier?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Gier getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,479 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,344 in 2010, down 9.1%.