The Gehring surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,100 people carried this name — #6,638 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,800 people counted. That is up 6% from 4,829 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Gehring surname

From the German and Alemannic German surname, from Gehring, a short form of Gerhard; equivalent to Gerard + -ing.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gehring» (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

624 people named Gehring live in Switzerland.

They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 277
Schaffhausen 62
Thurgau 47
Aargau 43
St. Gallen 31
Bern 24
Vaud 22
Fribourg 21

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 40 people named Gehring.

11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 départements, most often Moselle.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 11
Moselle 20
Haut-Rhin 6
Paris 2
Haute-Loire 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Gehring in American newspapers,
1899–1911.

Newspaper page from The Caucasian carrying the name Gehring
The Caucasian 1911-01-31
Newspaper page from Among The Clouds carrying the name Gehring
Among The Clouds 1899-07-26
Newspaper page from The Minneapolis Journal carrying the name Gehring
The Minneapolis Journal 1906-05-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 30,657 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Gehring in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1970s.

166 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gehring. The most, 34, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 62
New South Wales 49
South Australia 28
Queensland 11
ACT (Canberra) 9
Tasmania 4
Western Australia 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gehring.

Who carried it

People named Gehring,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jacob Gehring d. 1832 · opinion journalist
  • Johann Daniel Gehring 1611–1634
  • Johann Wilhelm Gehring 1721–1787 · composer
  • Johann Georg Gehring 1765–1835 · customs officer
  • Bernhard Jakob Gehring 1820– · book printer
  • Abraham Gehring 1821–1904 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Gehring,
in the records of 9 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States999 records

999 records of the Gehring name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 494
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 203
  • Other U.S. records 302
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John C. Gehring

    Born 1917 in Ohio. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Hayes Columbus; commercial artist from Hamilton County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Rest Haven Memorial Park, Cincinnati, Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Minna Gehring

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Neckar from Bremen, aged 19; servant. From Rothenfelde, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Leonard U. Gehring

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1934, died 1998; buried at Resurrection Cemetery, Jalisco-Guadalajara.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 999 records for Gehring in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Germany863 records

863 records of the Gehring name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 827
  • German emigration and citizenship files 25
  • Other German records 11
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Franz Gehring

    Born 1885; from Kalkberge, Niederbarnim. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 1 August 1916 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 10).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Urban Gehring

    Left Vörstetten for America in 1858; tailor.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (CC0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Dorothea Gehring

    Named in an application to settle and marry at Düllstadt in 1861.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Würzburg (CC0)

Showing 3 of 863 records for Gehring in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Switzerland375 records

375 records of the Gehring name in Switzerland Zürich marriage records, 16th–18th centuries
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Kaspar Gehring

    Married in 1653 in Illnau, canton of Zürich; of Talmühle.

    Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anna Gehring

    Married in 1733 in Wangen, canton of Zürich; of Kindhausen.

    Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Susanna Gehring

    Married in 1646 in Weiningen, canton of Zürich; of Bassersdorf.

    Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 375 records for Gehring in Switzerland.

Counts: Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Netherlands234 records

234 records of the Gehring name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 123
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 110
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Heinrich Johann Gehring

    Married in 1863 in Oldenzaal; manservant. Died 1868 in Oldenzaal, aged 39; factory worker.

    Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Elisabeth Gehring

    Married in 1916 in Amsterdam. Died 1954 in Deventer, aged 63.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jacob Gehring

    Married in 1888 in Amsterdam; "agent". Died 1889 in Haarlem, aged 31.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 234 records for Gehring in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia22 records

22 records of the Gehring name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 10
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 8
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Babette Gehring

    Arrived in Queensland in 1891 aboard the Dorunda, aged 21.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Wilhelm Johan Gehring

    Chef of E Burwood, Victoria; died 1978.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Chr Gehring

    Sailed from Victoria in 1907 aboard the Buelow, bound for Sydney, aged 27.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 22 records for Gehring in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

France20 records

20 records of the Gehring name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Dominique Pierre Gehring

    Born 1930 in Merlebach; died 1992 in Forbach (Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Lydia Gehring

    Born 1918 in Germany; died 1994 in Ensisheim (Haut-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Anne Gehring

    Born 1901 in Germany; died 1990 in Metz (Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 20 records for Gehring in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada7 records

7 records of the Gehring name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 4
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Helen Rose Gehring

    Buried in 2001 at St. Mary's Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 78.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Lydia Rosina Gehring

    Died 1993; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Edwin Clarence Gehring

    Married 1945 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 7 records for Gehring in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Norway4 records

4 records of the Gehring name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Evald Gehring

    Census of 1910: Karlsmindegate, Stavanger; "stentrykker", born 1885 in Marstal.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Olavus Gehring

    Census of 1910: Heimdalsgate, Kristiania; "repslager", born 1851 in Bergen.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 2 of 4 records for Gehring in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Gehring name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Gehring

    Middlesex Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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