Geis is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Geis
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Geis is a variant form of Gies. Descendant of Giso, pet form of names beginning with Gis meaning "spear," as Gisbert, Gisber and Gissold.

Lastname Geis is a variant of Geist. Descendant of Geist meaning "spirit"; one who came from Geistingen, i.e., Geist's settlement, in Germany.

Geis is variant form of Geiss. One who came from Geiss, i.e., place where goats graze, in Switzerland; descendant of Geiss, a variant of Giso, a pet form of names beginning with Gis meaning "spear".

One who came from Geiss, i.e., place where goats graze, in Switzerland; descendant of Geiss, a variant of Giso, a pet form of names beginning with Gis meaning "spear".

How popular is Geis?

Geis is common in Germany, United States, Canada.

Geis is ranked 41098 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Geiss plummeted by 1.15 per cent to 3347 since 2000 and slipped by 801 spots and ranked at 9692. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.88 97.02
Hispanic or Latino 1.94 1.15
Others 1.17 0.97
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.78 0.47
Geis is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies its Germany provenence. Around 12738 people have been found who wears Geis as their family name. Geis is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Geis:
1,431 Germany7,185
8,515 United States4,898
Countries with hundreds of Geis:
28,133 Canada121
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
73,137 Brazil90
26,445 Spain86
48,679 Argentina60
124,657 France56
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
61,553 England40
18,930 Switzerland37
34,120 Austria28
12,265 Portugal28
17,445 Chile22
17,372 Uruguay15
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
90,587 Sweden8
94,797 Netherlands7
146,780 Australia6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Georg Geis worked as farmer and hailed from Baden. 27 years old embarked for New York from Havre on Cardine Tucker and arrived on June 22, 1852. Farmer Eduard Geis, Tencke Geis (29), Catharine Geis, aged 26, Gillian Geis, aged 25, Nancie Geis, aged 7, 32 years old Neimiah Geis, Charlotte Geis, aged 54, Farmer Frederick Geis, and 263 other Geis around 50.34% of whom were farmer while others worked as carpenter and servant, baker, tailor, smith, shoemaker, laborer, joiner, brewer, merchant, butcher, tourist, daughter migrated to US from Rotterdam, Antwerp, Havre and London.

Geis Namesakes

  • Richard E. Geis, American science fiction fan and writer
  • Norbert Geis, German politician

Geis Namesakes

  • Richard E. Geis, American science fiction fan and writer
  • Norbert Geis, German politician

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