Gehrig is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gehrig
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Gehrig

How popular is Gehrig?

Gehrig is common in United States.

Gehrig is ranked 78568 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gehrig bearers increased by 6.554307 per cent in 2010 US census to 1138 since 2000, the surname slipped by 92 spots and ranked at 22573. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.73 96.54
Hispanic or Latino 3.69 2.34
Others 0.62 0
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.44 0.47
Gehrig is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Switzerland is ahead in terms of density. Around 5608 people have been found who wears Gehrig as their family name. Gehrig is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
78,945 Argentina3
67,494 South Africa3
108,034 Italy3
91,784 Netherlands2
18,718 Thailand2
35,969 Denmark2
23,344 Austria2
40,340 Malaysia1
174,544 Czech Republic1
49,529 Israel1
810,193 Indonesia1
24,176 Qatar1
7,292 Vietnam1
42,479 Greece1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
82,145 Canada34
59,636 Spain29
11,685 Singapore24
126,462 England22
42,407 Sweden22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
117,149 France73
Countries with hundreds of Gehrig:
9,400 Australia299
Countries with thousands of Gehrig:
4,330 Germany2,085
459 Switzerland1,567
22,086 United States1,429
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Gehrig Namesakes

  • Lou Gehrig, Baseball first baseman
  • Lou Gehrig, Baseball first baseman
  • Lou Gehrig, Baseball first baseman
  • Lou Gehrig, Baseball first baseman
  • Fraser Gehrig, Australian Rules Footballer
  • Lou Gehrig, Baseball first baseman
  • Fraser Gehrig, Australian Rules Footballer
  • Eric Gehrig, Soccer Player
  • Eleanor Gehrig, Author
  • Kim Gehrig, Film director

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