How common is the surname Gingrich?

3,515 people in the United States had the surname Gingrich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,837 Americans. It ranked 9,262nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gingrich?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gingrich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gingrich?

Newt Gingrich, American politician and former speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

Where is the surname Gingrich most common?

Wikidata records people named Gingrich in the United States.

How do you pronounce Gingrich?

Gingrich is /ˈɡɪŋɡrɪt͡ʃ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Gingrich getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,538 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,515 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Gingrich

A surname, carried by 3,515 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɡɪŋɡrɪt͡ʃ/ 2 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). Gingrich is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

See Gingerich.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,515 people named Gingrich in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,837 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,538.

#9,262

rank among US surnames

3,515

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,570)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,255	Mill	3,518	87,762
#9,257	Bakke	3,517	87,787
#9,258	Krawczyk	3,516	87,812
#9,262	Gingrich	3,515	87,837
#9,265	Sickler	3,514	87,862
#9,267	Deleo	3,513	87,887

Who is named Gingrich

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

96% of people named Gingrich identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gingrichs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Newt Gingrich
American politician and former speaker of the United States House of Representatives, born 1943

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gingrich

Gingrich 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 Gingrich come from?: See Gingerich.
How common is the surname Gingrich?: 3,515 people in the United States had the surname Gingrich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,837 Americans. It ranked 9,262nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gingrich?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gingrich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gingrich?: Newt Gingrich, American politician and former speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
Where is the surname Gingrich most common?: Wikidata records people named Gingrich in the United States.
How do you pronounce Gingrich?: Gingrich is /ˈɡɪŋɡrɪt͡ʃ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Gingrich getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,538 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,515 in 2010, down 0.7%.