Gerard is used as a family name or surname in Teutonic. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gerard
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Teutonic
Meaning: French form of Girard, very common surname in the Vosges. Or from Teutonic Gar, all and ard, nature; apt docile; one ready to do or learn, amiable

How popular is Gerard?

Gerard is common in United States.

Gerard is ranked 6361 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gerard bearers increased by 4.961832 per cent in 2010 US census to 9075 since 2000, the surname slipped by 147 spots and ranked at 3914. The last name was found in around 31 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 83.77 87.38
Black 8.8 6.92
Hispanic or Latino 3.83 2.43
Others 2.21 2
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.98 0.82
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4 0.45
Gerard is quite popular family name mostly used in France while Luxembourg is ahead in terms of density. Around 85467 people have been found who wears Gerard as their family name. Gerard is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
214 Monaco10
28,661 Serbia8
1,177 Democratic Republic of The Congo7
833 Madagascar6
267 Burundi6
103,755 Czech Republic5
122,390 Belarus4
2,403 Vietnam4
2,306 Angola4
12,103 Trinidad and Tobago4
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
10,686 Costa Rica3
931 Gabon3
11,290 Guyana3
7,619 Ecuador3
6,706 Lebanon3
810 Mali3
7,993 Jordan3
14,078 Japan3
10,329 Pakistan3
32,695 Nigeria3
473 Anguilla2
698 Antigua and Barbuda2
17,692 Armenia2
24,269 Peru2
261 Vanuatu2
8,995 Uganda2
13,552 Qatar2
14,004 Hungary2
4,367 Afghanistan2
34,572 Israel2
10,284 Kuwait2
10,395 Latvia2
3,871 Paraguay2
34,681 Norway2
29,595 Iran1
6,212 Jamaica1
6,967 Macedonia1
11,510 Oman1
3,214 Niger1
846 American Samoa1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
3,071 Jersey1
168 Wallis and Futuna1
1,819 Laos1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
6,149 Ethiopia1
3,243 Suriname1
2,877 Cuba1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
19,810 Croatia1
2,505 Congo1
7,895 South Korea1
11,923 Slovenia1
613 Central African Republic1
1,254 Gibraltar1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
7,790 Zambia1
42,479 Greece1
801 Cape Verde1
9,498 Iceland1
16,228 Bulgaria1
3,307 Malta1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
92,266 Ukraine46
9,524 Portugal37
2,541 Senegal34
9,109 Burkina Faso25
277,692 Indonesia21
23,914 Denmark20
886 United States Virgin Islands18
2,705 China16
7,162 Thailand15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,546 Scotland98
1,285 Fiji97
254 New Caledonia86
4,622 Wales79
134,428 Russia79
6,658 Uruguay73
18,409 Sweden51
Countries with hundreds of Gerard:
2,657 Netherlands944
6,321 Argentina836
21,418 Philippines644
4,825 Australia620
1,974 Switzerland540
4,207 Sri Lanka522
22,869 Italy437
12,659 Morocco403
11,492 Kenya392
16,034 South Africa384
58 Luxembourg369
82,090 India292
20,596 Poland286
2,593 Dominican Republic216
3,599 New Zealand213
6,220 Tunisia198
3,434 Bolivia195
27,627 Turkey175
1,561 Mauritius164
195 French Polynesia158
8,140 Austria157
19,706 Spain153
6,720 United Arab Emirates145
2,996 Ireland136
7,635 Chile126
15,064 Romania125
2,817 Singapore124
8,698 Colombia122
1,995 Northern Ireland119
2,219 Hong Kong107
Countries with thousands of Gerard:
88 Belgium6,147
379 Haiti3,891
1,911 Cameroon1,883
1,139 Benin1,640
1,546 Ivory Coast1,607
707 Togo1,600
4,470 Mexico1,440
6,895 Germany1,379
3,553 Canada1,311
3,987 Tanzania1,301
1,228 Rwanda1,263
6,451 England1,086
6,433 Algeria1,071
12,691 Brazil1,065
2,456 Malaysia1,062
Countries with ten thousands of Gerard:
82 France35,905
3,468 United States11,571
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Robert Gerard was 19 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on December 16, 1848. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Charlotte from Liverpool. Mary Gerard (40) Immigrant, Immigrant Mary-Anne Gerard, Philip Gerard (25) Workman, Matron Honora Gerard, Mary Gerard (11 months old) Infant, John Gerard, aged 3, John Gerard (24) Tailoress, John Gerard (19) Farmer, and 3 other Gerard around 33.33% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer migrated to US.

From Italy

Seamstress Ang-Rosa Gerard from Italy aboard the Archimede from Gibraltar, Naples & Palermo. She is registered to be 70 years old when she arrived in New York on May 16, 1884. Guiseppe Gerard (33) Laborer, are others that migrated to US.

Comments

H
Hallie Auton
 gerard is a baptism name and the name of widespread family, from the Germanic ger meaning spear and hard which means strong, tough.

Gerard Namesakes

  • Arnaud Gérard, Bicycler
  • Alcides Gerardi, Musical Artist
  • Alphonsus Gerardus Maria van Gemert, Mathematician
  • Amalric Gérard, Film actor
  • Amalric Gérard, Actor
  • Charles Gérard, Actor
  • Arnaud Gérard, Bicycler
  • Pierre Léon Gérard Asselin, Diplomat
  • Steeve Gerard Fankà, Soccer player
  • Aurelius Cornelis Gerard Pompen, Author
  • James Gerard, from 0 horror movie World of Fear, who characterized the Brooks.
  • In 2010, Marc Gérard characterized the role of Lëtzebierger um Feld in comedy movie Ons Identitéit - Mir hunn se fonnt.
  • Ariel Gerard characterized leading role of Amanda in 2020 drama, romance flick Overtime.
  • François Gérard, from 2012 action, thriller flick Voyage sans retour, who played Kad.

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