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

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

Gernand is variant of Gannon. Descendant of the fair-haired man.

Variant of Gernon. Robert de Gernon came into England with the Conqueror, and his descendant, Ralph de Gernon, temp. Henry II., had two sons: 1.-Ralph, ancestor of the Gernons and Cavendishes of England; and 2.-Roger, who accompanied Strong bowinto Ireland, and became progenitor of the Irish Gernons still subsisting at Ath carne Castle, county of Meath. Of the locality of Gernon, whence at the Conquest the family came, I am ignorant; but it appears not to be in Normandy. Gernun, Gernoun. Hundred Rolls.

How popular is Gernand?

Gernand is common in Germany, United States, Poland.

Gernand is ranked 260899 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Gernands grew by 17.41 per cent to 371 since 2000 and ranked 55386 after elevating 4383 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.18 93.67
Hispanic or Latino 2.96 1.58
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.89 1.58
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.62 0
Others 1.35 0
Gernand is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Germany which may be its originating country too. Around 1504 people have been found who wears Gernand as their family name. Gernand have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Gernand:
11,540 Germany875
59,619 United States473
41,288 Poland101
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
56,027 Netherlands24
26,475 Finland14
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
553,295 Thailand6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Andr. Gernand was 28 years old when he migrated to Baltimore on July 8, 1851. He lived in Hesse Cassel where he worked as carpenter and took Admiral from Bremen. Eduard Gernand, aged 7, 15 years old Fritz Gernand, 47 years old Heinnr Gernand, Heinr Gernand (6), 4 years old Juliane Gernand, 45 years old Juliane Gernand, 22 years old Jacob Gernand, Philipp Gernand, aged 24, and 14 other Gernand majority of whom were farmer and others worked as laborer migrated to US.

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