The Gehrig surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,138 people carried this name — #22,573 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 256,400 people counted. That is up 7% from 1,068 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Gehrig surname
From the German and Alemannic German surname, variant of Gehring.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gehrig» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,603 people named Gehrig live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 58 people named Gehrig.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Ain.
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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 56 people named Gehrig live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Gehrig,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Martin Gehrig 1768–1825 · pastor
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Josepha Gehrig 1808–1887
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Heinrich Gehrig 1830–1884 · counsel
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Jacob Gehrig 1846–1922 · artist
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Hans Gehrig 1882–1968 · economist
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Emmy Gehrig 1887–1957 · lector
Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gehrig.
- 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
- Gehringer 1,471 · U.S. census
- Geib 2,915 · U.S. census
- Geiger 22,039 · U.S. census
- Geis 3,347 · U.S. census
- Geisen 630 · U.S. census
- Geiser 3,912 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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