Geist is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Geist
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Geist

How popular is Geist?

Geist is common in Germany.

Geist is ranked 33301 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Geist bearers increased by 4.227813 per cent in 2010 US census to 5966 since 2000, the surname slipped by 234 spots and ranked at 5802. The last name was found in around 20 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.34 97.17
Hispanic or Latino 2.3 1.33
Others 1.22 0.84
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.64 0.23
Black 0.34 0.23
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.17 0.21
Geist is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Germany is ahead in terms of density. Around 14956 people have been found who wears Geist as their family name. Geist is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
38,459 New Zealand7
122,390 Belarus4
10,686 Costa Rica3
1,219,338 India3
14,400 Uzbekistan3
14,078 Japan3
82,478 South Africa2
21,929 Algeria2
65,594 Belgium2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
41,879 Turkey2
28,083 Romania2
77,122 Sweden1
30,360 Thailand1
9,591 Panama1
2,211 Brunei1
24,771 Colombia1
42,479 Greece1
9,498 Iceland1
153,416 Italy1
24,421 Slovakia1
16,073 Latvia1
40,340 Malaysia1
56,169 Mexico1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
58,885 Poland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,360 Netherlands49
69,550 England48
20,906 Israel47
15,412 Denmark34
56,148 Spain32
28,338 Norway20
18,457 Scotland20
202,099 Ukraine14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
129,319 Russia83
13,957 Switzerland81
23,796 Czech Republic66
38,122 Australia56
Countries with hundreds of Geist:
7,786 Argentina687
2,793 Austria393
45,235 France220
56,243 Brazil175
7,168 Hungary164
22,054 Canada160
Countries with thousands of Geist:
5,739 United States6,842
1,322 Germany5,716
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Emena Geist was 29 years old when she migrated to New York on February 23, 1893. She lived in Italy where she worked as farmer and took La Normandie from Havre.

Comments

M
Marina Hinesley
 geist is a surname alsacien- Lorraine, means spirit, could designate a member of the hospital or house of the holy spirit.

Geist Namesakes

  • Joel Geist, Actor
  • Willie Geist, Television Personality
  • Bill Geist, Author
  • Nathan Geist, Actor
  • Christian Geist, Composer
  • Willie Geist, Television Personality
  • Gabi Geist, Actor
  • Garret Geist, Screenwriter
  • Christian Geist, Composer
  • Libby Geist, Film producer
  • In 2017, Alexander Geist characterized the role of Levi in sci-fi movie Fluidø.

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