Georges is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, France, England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Georges
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland, France, England
Meaning:

Variation of Gorges. The château de Gorges, one of whose lords was at the battle of Hastings, stands in the parish of the same name, in the canton of Periers, department of La Manche, Normandy. His descendant, Raoulde Gorges, married an heiress of Morville, and had the manors of Wraxall and Bradpole, counties Dorset and Somerset, and was sheriff of Devonshire. M. de Gerville, in Mem. Soc. Antiq. Normandie, 1825.

Surname Georges is variant form of the George. The personal name. Unlike most names of its class, it seems not to have given rise to any diminutive or derivative.

Descendant of George meaning "farmer".

Georges is a variation of the George. Descendant of George meaning "farmer"; dweller at the sign of St. George.

Variant of Jurgen. Descendant of Jurgen meaning "farmer".

How popular is Georges?

Georges is common in Haiti, France, United States, Madagascar, Chad, Ethiopia, Belgium, Egypt, Canada, Australia, Germany, Cameroon, Gabon, Brazil, Luxembourg, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Mali, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, England, Mauritius, Romania, Seychelles, Venezuela, New Caledonia, United States Virgin Islands.

Georges is ranked 5339 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Georgess grew by 28.99 per cent to 5611 since 2000 and ranked 6109 after elevating 981 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 48.05 36.57
White 46.03 53.7
Hispanic or Latino 3.49 3.45
Others 1.8 5.72
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.48 0.39
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.14 0.16
Georges is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Haiti which signifies that it is originated from Haiti. Around 106133 people have been found who wears Georges as their family name. Georges is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Georges:
23 Haiti46,108
204 France21,402
Countries with thousands of Georges:
6,845 United States6,281
791 Madagascar6,209
417 Chad5,873
2,620 Ethiopia4,829
275 Belgium3,969
3,548 Egypt2,746
Countries with hundreds of Georges:
5,067 Canada906
5,606 Australia607
18,468 Germany521
5,378 Cameroon515
740 Gabon455
18,945 Brazil426
146 Luxembourg410
1,610 Dominican Republic401
19,115 DR Congo390
3,766 Ivory Coast351
17,469 Morocco341
1,331 Mali323
4,627 Switzerland266
17,726 Saudi Arabia239
3,613 Sweden213
21,381 England205
1,626 Mauritius168
13,536 Romania163
169 Seychelles129
6,511 Venezuela111
326 New Caledonia104
158 United States Virgin Islands104
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
35,149 Tanzania96
7,510 Niger83
44,681 Argentina67
7,829 Chile67
9,381 Iraq58
34,832 Spain53
114 British Virgin Islands51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
344 Antigua and Barbuda47
565 Saint Lucia46
69,478 South Africa44
42,431 Netherlands42
1,080 Guinea41
250,768 Thailand32
2,705 Honduras29
14,967 Kuwait29
151,186 Nigeria28
12,265 Portugal28
2,259 Senegal27
6,079 Syria25
30,545 Benin24
29,601 Mexico24
4,715 Trinidad and Tobago24
3,086 French Polynesia18
214 Turks and Caicos Islands17
12,022 Wales17
27,097 Denmark14
84,075 Greece14
83,604 Malaysia14
15,922 Colombia13
18,650 Liberia13
18,211 Singapore13
37,411 Norway12
381 Dominica11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
11,250 Congo10
111,715 Italy10
31,784 New Zealand10
1,511 Aruba9
21,724 Scotland9
6,372 Togo9
714 Vanuatu9
91,312 Czechia8
21,385 Ecuador8
908 Grenada8
62,476 Israel8
8,527 Jamaica8
616 Saint Kitts and Nevis8
1,286 Bermuda7
786,157 India7
893 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines7
11,702 China6
48,838 Japan6
55,922 Qatar6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Fanny Georges and immigrant Amelia Georges from Great Britain aboard the Jane E Williams from Londonderry during the Irish famine. Fanny is registered to be 24 years old when she arrived in USA on May 18, 1847.

From Italy

Joseph Georges was 30 years old when he migrated to Pennsylvania on August 26, 1889. He lived in Siena, Italy where he worked as laborer and took Suevia from Hamburg & Havre. 37 years old M. Georges, are other Georges that migrated to US.

From Germany

George Georges was 12 years old when he migrated to USA on July 8, 1850. He lived in Switzerland and took Duchess D'orleans from Havre. Gustav Georges, M.Angelic. Georges, aged 55, Catharina Georges, aged 22, 30 years old Jacob Georges, 29 years old Albert Georges, 17 years old John Georges, 16 years old Friedr. Georges, Nicolas Georges (25) Farmer, and 186 other Georges around 40.52% of whom were farmer while others worked as barber and cultivator, laborer, farmer and mechanic, cigar maker, shoemaker, merchant, daughter, servant, clerk, baker, priest, carpenter migrated to US from Havre, Amsterdam, Bremen and Antwerp.

Georges Namesakes

  • Alphonse Joseph Georges, French army officer
  • Bernard Georges, is best known for his bass guitar work
  • Michel A. J. Georges, Belgian biologist and a professor at the University of Liège
  • George Georges, Labor senator for Queensland from 1968 to 1986
  • Pierre Georges,
  • Jacques Georges, president of the French Football Federation
  • John Georges, American businessman

Georges Namesakes

  • Alphonse Joseph Georges, French army officer
  • Bernard Georges, is best known for his bass guitar work
  • Michel A. J. Georges, Belgian biologist and a professor at the University of Liège
  • George Georges, Labor senator for Queensland from 1968 to 1986
  • Pierre Georges,
  • Jacques Georges, president of the French Football Federation
  • John Georges, American businessman

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