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

Family Name / Last Name: Gerrard
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Germany, France, England
Meaning:

The form of Jarrard. A broad mispronunciation of Gerard.

The surname Gerrard is variant form of the Gerard. Descendant of Gerard or Gerald meaning "spear, firm".

Is variant of Girard. Descendant of Girard meaning "spear, firm".

The lastname is the variant form of Gerard. Hard spear.

The variation of Garrard. See Gerard or Gerald - A Norman personal name, probably identical with Gerald. In the Hundred Rolls, it is written Fil' Gerardi. The baronet's family derive their origin from the same ancestor as the Dukes of Leinster and many other noble houses, viz ., from Other, Castellan of Windsor, temp. Edward Confessor, whose grandson Gerard, or Gerald, had a son William Fitz- Gerard, who founded the Cheshire and Lancashire Gerards. The family have possessed Bryn, in the latter county, uninterruptedly from temp. Edward III.

Gerrard is the variation of the Gerard. A Norman personal name, probably identical with Gerald. In the Hundred Rolls, it is written Fil' Gerardi. The baronet's family derive their origin from the same ancestor as the Dukes of Leinster and many other noble houses, viz ., from Other, Castellan of Windsor, temp. Edward Confessor, whose grandson Gerard, or Gerald, had a son William Fitz- Gerard, who founded the Cheshire and Lancashire Gerards. The family have possessed Bryn, in the latter county, uninterruptedly from temp. Edward III.

See Gerard - A Norman personal name, probably identical with Gerald. In the Hundred Rolls, it is written Fil' Gerardi. The baronet's family derive their origin from the same ancestor as the Dukes of Leinster and many other noble houses, viz ., from Other, Castellan of Windsor, temp. Edward Confessor, whose grandson Gerard, or Gerald, had a son William Fitz- Gerard, who founded the Cheshire and Lancashire Gerards. The family have possessed Bryn, in the latter county, uninterruptedly from temp. Edward III.

The surname Gerrard is the variant of Jerrad. See Gerard - A Norman personal name, probably identical with Gerald. In the Hundred Rolls, it is written Fil' Gerardi. The baronet's family derive their origin from the same ancestor as the Dukes of Leinster and many other noble houses, viz ., from Other, Castellan of Windsor, temp. Edward Confessor, whose grandson Gerard, or Gerald, had a son William Fitz- Gerard, who founded the Cheshire and Lancashire Gerards. The family have possessed Bryn, in the latter county, uninterruptedly from temp. Edward III.

How popular is Gerrard?

Gerrard is common in England, United States, Australia, Canada, Scotland, New Zealand, Nigeria, Wales, Egypt, South Africa, Ireland, Saudi Arabia.

Gerrard is ranked 33317 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Gerrards grew by 9.41 per cent to 2024 since 2000 and ranked 14691 after elevating 33 spots. The last name was found in around 7 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.56 92.16
Black 3.66 3.08
Hispanic or Latino 3.41 2.81
Others 1.04 1.08
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.79 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.54 0
Gerrard is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Isle of Man is ahead in terms of density. Around 15957 people have been found who wears Gerrard as their family name. Gerrard is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Gerrard:
1,307 England6,184
13,216 United States2,915
2,017 Australia1,903
4,013 Canada1,197
Countries with hundreds of Gerrard:
1,000 Scotland851
1,427 New Zealand543
22,047 Nigeria416
993 Wales345
21,412 Egypt275
26,929 South Africa200
2,305 Ireland197
29,524 Saudi Arabia159
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
68,260 DR Congo68
209 Isle of Man67
162,071 Thailand65
121,886 France58
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
67,975 Argentina38
7,666 Singapore30
339,406 India30
22,163 Norway27
53,972 Netherlands26
5,105 Northern Ireland26
246,176 Indonesia25
669 Myanmar25
767 Guernsey22
57,118 Spain20
172,669 Germany19
67,452 Malaysia18
5,142 China14
24,061 United Arab Emirates14
295,035 Brazil13
26,891 Qatar12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
3,685 Hong Kong10
2,632 Rwanda9
307 Tonga9
47,773 Mexico8
47,042 Japan8
118,213 Italy7
77,571 Switzerland6
54,540 Niger6
991 Gibraltar6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 25 years old farmer Edward Gerrard who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on June 2, 1846 by Washington put out from Liverpool. Farmer James Gerrard, 18 years old Mary Gerrard, 55 years old Mary Gerrard, 25 years old Edward Gerrard, James Gerrard (19) Immigrant, 25 years old John Gerrard, 24 years old John Gerrard, Thomas Gerrard, aged 20, and 2 other Gerrard majority of whom were farmer and others worked as servant and workman migrated to US.

From Germany

John Gerrard from Bremen aboard the Hansa from Bremen & Southampton on May 22, 1865. He is registered to be 8 years old when he arrived in USA. Ms. Gerrard, Laborer Jules Gerrard, Adolph Gerrard, aged 38, Francis Gerrard (19) Farmer, Marie Gerrard (91), are other Gerrard that migrated to US from Bremen & Southampton, Liverpool, Liverpool & Queenstown and Havre.

Gerrard Namesakes

  • Alice Gerrard, American bluegrass singer, banjoist
  • Nicci Gerrard,
  • Lisa Gerrard, Australian musician
  • Neil Gerrard, British Labour Party politician
  • Steven Gerrard, English professional football manager and former player
  • Jon Gerrard, politician in Manitoba, Canada
  • John M. Gerrard, Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska
  • Paul Gerrard, English football goalkeeping coach
  • Mark Gerrard, Australian professional rugby union footballer
  • Mo'onia Gerrard, former Australian netball player of Tongan descent
  • Charles K. Gerrard, Irish-American motion-picture actor
  • Anthony Gerrard, professional footballer
  • Dave Gerrard, sports administrator, sports medicine specialist
  • Matthew Gerrard, Canadian record producer and songwriter

Gerrard Namesakes

  • Alice Gerrard, American bluegrass singer, banjoist
  • Nicci Gerrard,
  • Lisa Gerrard, Australian musician
  • Neil Gerrard, British Labour Party politician
  • Steven Gerrard, English professional football manager and former player
  • Jon Gerrard, politician in Manitoba, Canada
  • John M. Gerrard, Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska
  • Paul Gerrard, English football goalkeeping coach
  • Mark Gerrard, Australian professional rugby union footballer
  • Mo'onia Gerrard, former Australian netball player of Tongan descent
  • Charles K. Gerrard, Irish-American motion-picture actor
  • Anthony Gerrard, professional footballer
  • Dave Gerrard, sports administrator, sports medicine specialist
  • Matthew Gerrard, Canadian record producer and songwriter

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