The Geers surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,030 people carried this name — #24,339 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 285,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,002 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 838 people named Geers live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 61 people named Geers.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Geers,
with a public archive behind them.
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Edward Geers 1851–1924 · racing driver -
Elizabeth Geers 1682–1747
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Dietmar Geers 1935– · geographer
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Armand Geers 1943–2014 · sport cyclist
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Volker J. Geers 1946– · lawyer
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Kendell Geers 1968– · photographer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Geers.
- Gebhard 1,818 · U.S. census
- Gebhardt 4,981 · U.S. census
- Gebhart 3,367 · U.S. census
- Gedeon 1,675 · U.S. census
- Gee 23,241 · U.S. census
- Geenen 336 · U.S. census
- Geerts 577 · U.S. census
- Geffre 653 · U.S. census
- Gehan 216 · U.S. census
- Gehant 123 · U.S. census
- Gehin 121 · U.S. census
- Gehl 1,318 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Geers is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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