# Gjerde (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gjerde/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Norwegian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norwegian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 596 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,391 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 518,029 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (583 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Jerde |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Gjerde, from Old Norse gerði (“pasture, enclosed land”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gjerde in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Similar surnames

Garrett, Grady, Garrido, Garrity, Groth, Gard, Gordy, Grote, Gardea, Garwood, Garth, Grate.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.