The Geier surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,864 people carried this name — #8,518 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,814 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Geier surname

Borrowed from German Geier (“vulture”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Geier» (Czech), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 460 people named Geier 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 257
Entre Ríos 62
Misiones 40
City of Buenos Aires 33
Chaco 30
Córdoba 17
Santa Fe 11
Catamarca 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

207 people named Geier live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 54
Aargau 26
Schaffhausen 23
Basel-Landschaft 19
Bern 16
Lucerne 14
Thurgau 12
Solothurn 10

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 46 people named Geier.

13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 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 13
Moselle 10
Bas-Rhin 5
Paris 4
Hauts-de-Seine 2
Meurthe-et-Moselle 2
Gard 2
Saône-et-Loire 2
Vosges 1

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

In Poland’s population register

36 people named Geier have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 74 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.

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

Where they live today

Greater Poland 9
Silesian 7
Warmian-Masurian 7
Lesser Poland 4
Podlaskie 3
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 2
Lublin 2
Opole 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In print

Geier in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1990s.

1,051 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Geier. The most, 328, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 4.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 461
South Australia 419
Western Australia 83
Victoria 54
Queensland 18
ACT (Canberra) 16

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

Who carried it

People named Geier,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Martin Geier
    Martin Geier 1614–1680 · Catholic priest
  • Françoise Geier d. 2024 · photographer
  • Paul Geyr 1400–1413 · politician
  • Balthasar Geier 1508–1553 · jurist
  • Margarita Geier 1628–1654
  • Christoph Johann Geier 1756–1832 · jurist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Geier,
in the records of 7 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 States1,294 records

1,294 records of the Geier name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 474
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 467
  • Other U.S. records 353
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John L. Geier

    Born 1922 in Ohio. Enlisted 1943 at Akron; aircraft worker from Wayne County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1985, buried at St Mary Cemetery, Wooster, 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 Zuzana Geier

    Arrived at New York in 1903 aboard the Main from Bremen, aged 24; house maid. From Gyarmala, Hungary; bound for Baltimore.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record William Michael Geier

    Born 1946; from Maywood, Illinois. U.S. Army; killed in action 1967 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,294 records for Geier in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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 · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany941 records

941 records of the Geier name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 925
  • German emigration and citizenship files 8
  • German applications to settle and marry 8
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Willy Geier

    Born 1886; from Lipprandis, Glauchau. Reported wounded in the Saxon casualty list of 9 September 1915; then reported dead in the list of 29 December 1916 (Infantry Regiment No. 139).

    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 Ludwig Geier

    Left Dippach for Chemnitz, Saxony in 1845.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Würzburg (CC0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Georg Geier

    Named in an application to settle and marry at Buchberg in 1839; smallholder.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Amberg (CC0)

Showing 3 of 941 records for Geier 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).

Netherlands37 records

37 records of the Geier name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 21
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 16
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Christina Geier

    Married in 1883 in Rotterdam; born in Neckarbürken. Died 1931 in Amsterdam, aged 76.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Sophia Laurentia Geier

    Born 1822 in 's-Hertogenbosch. Died 1822 in 's-Hertogenbosch.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Katharina Geier

    In the population register of Offenbach, Germany; born 1902 in Offenbach, Germany.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 37 records for Geier 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

France21 records

21 records of the Geier 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 Therese Barbe Geier

    Born 1926 in Germany; died 1997 in Hayange (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 Pierre Geier

    Born 1899 in Hayange; died 1981 in Sierck-les-Bains (Moselle).

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

    Born 1908 in Alès (Gard); died 1986 in Toulon (Var).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 21 records for Geier 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).

Australia11 records

11 records of the Geier name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 6
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  • Other Australian records 2
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Gustav Albert Geier

    Agent of Serviceton, Victoria; died 1961.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Julius Erdmann Geier

    Of Burrumbullock, New South Wales; died 1929.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record T. G. Geier

    Arrived in Victoria in 1859 aboard the Olympia, aged 37.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Geier in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada8 records

8 records of the Geier name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Conrad Geier

    Buried in 1991 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 85.

    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 Fred Geier

    Buried in 1918 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Marie K. Geier

    Buried in 1931 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Showing 3 of 8 records for Geier in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Belgium1 record

1 record of the Geier name in Belgium Belgian civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Elise Geier

    Died 1901 in Gent.

    Open Archives, Archief Gent (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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