How common is the surname Gingerich?

9,117 people in the United States had the surname Gingerich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,865 Americans. It ranked 3,894th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gingerich?

In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Gingerich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gingerich?

Philip D. Gingerich, American paleontologist, followed by Owen Gingerich.

Where is the surname Gingerich most common?

Wikidata records people named Gingerich in the United States.

Is the surname Gingerich getting more or less common?

More common. 6,674 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,117 in 2010, up 37%.

The surname Gingerich

A surname, carried by 9,117 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex G526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gingerich is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

Anglicised form of German Güngerich, originally a compound of Old High German gund (“battle”) + rīchi (“powerful”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,117 people named Gingerich in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,865 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,674.

#3,894

rank among US surnames

9,117

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+36.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,826)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,885	Jerome	9,131	33,813
#3,886	Rickard	9,128	33,824
#3,887	Ling	9,127	33,828
#3,888	Volk	9,126	33,831
#3,890	Jang	9,125	33,835
#3,891	Avina	9,122	33,846
#3,893	Cordell	9,119	33,857

Who is named Gingerich

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

98% of people named Gingerich identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 98%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Two or more races 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gingerichs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Philip D. Gingerich
American paleontologist, born 1946
Owen Gingerich
American astronomer (1930–2023)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Gingrich

Surnames that sound like Gingerich

Gingerich has the Soundex code G526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G526.

Questions

Where does the surname Gingerich come from?: Anglicised form of German Güngerich, originally a compound of Old High German gund (“battle”) + rīchi (“powerful”).
How common is the surname Gingerich?: 9,117 people in the United States had the surname Gingerich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,865 Americans. It ranked 3,894th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gingerich?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Gingerich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gingerich?: Philip D. Gingerich, American paleontologist, followed by Owen Gingerich.
Where is the surname Gingerich most common?: Wikidata records people named Gingerich in the United States.
Is the surname Gingerich getting more or less common?: More common. 6,674 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,117 in 2010, up 37%.
What are other spellings of Gingerich?: Gingrich.