Gerhard is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gerhard
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Family name Gerhard is form of Gerhardt. Descendant of Gerhard that means spear, hard.

Descendant of Gerhard that means spear, hard.

Hard spear.

How popular is Gerhard?

Gerhard is common in Germany, United States, Brazil, France, Switzerland, Namibia, Australia, Austria, South Africa, Canada, Hungary.

Gerhard is ranked 33222 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Gerhards plummeted by 0.46 per cent to 2584 since 2000 and slipped by 871 spots and ranked at 12068. The last name was found in around 9 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.32 97.27
Others 1.35 0.81
Hispanic or Latino 1.28 1.16
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.43 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.35 0.35
Black 0.27 0
Gerhard is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies that it is originated from Germany. Around 16003 people have been found who wears Gerhard as their family name. Gerhard is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Gerhard:
1,132 Germany8,847
10,990 United States3,665
Countries with hundreds of Gerhard:
11,487 Brazil718
18,087 France555
2,730 Switzerland494
2,036 Namibia223
14,085 Australia209
6,797 Austria201
39,351 South Africa114
30,736 Canada109
8,872 Hungary109
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
35,891 England93
46,049 Poland85
24,859 Czechia65
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,225 Denmark46
8,136 Dominican Republic46
3,484 Paraguay40
18,422 Sweden37
12,866 Chile35
44,096 Spain34
48,879 Netherlands32
27,059 Mexico29
21,594 Norway28
301,565 Thailand22
36,085 Israel18
114,515 Argentina17
57,527 Slovakia11
83,447 Papua New Guinea11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
26,217 Estonia8
88,377 Greece7
40,820 Croatia7
55,922 Qatar6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Friederich Gerhard from Prussia aboard the Fortitude from Havre on June 16, 1852. He is registered to be 16 years old when he arrived in USA. 20 years old Joseph Gerhard, Cathr. Gerhard (22), Farmer J.H. Gerhard, Anna Gerhard (22) Farmer, 38 years old Elisa Gerhard, 4 years old Margar. Gerhard, 28 years old Margr. Gerhard, Margr. Gerhard, aged 60, and 530 other Gerhard around 39.58% of whom were farmer while others worked as cooper and merchant, shoemaker, butcher, carpenter, mechanic, laborer, tailor, servant, mason, daughter, miller, cigar maker, tourist, joiner, spinster, weaver, bricklayer, barber, baker, clerk, miner, jeweler migrated to US from Havre, Bremen and Rotterdam.

Gerhard Namesakes

  • Johann Gerhard, Lutheran church leader and Lutheran Scholastic theologian during the period of Orthodoxy
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist
  • Roberto Gerhard,
  • Till Gerhard, German artist based in Hamburg
  • Peter Gerhard, historical geographer whose work focused on colonial Mexico or New Spain
  • Karl Gerhard, Swedish theater director, revue writer and actor

Gerhard Namesakes

  • Johann Gerhard, Lutheran church leader and Lutheran Scholastic theologian during the period of Orthodoxy
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist
  • Roberto Gerhard,
  • Till Gerhard, German artist based in Hamburg
  • Peter Gerhard, historical geographer whose work focused on colonial Mexico or New Spain
  • Karl Gerhard, Swedish theater director, revue writer and actor

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