Geist surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Geist surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,966 people carried this name — #5,802 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,500 people counted. That is up 4% from 5,724 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 952 people named Geist 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 398
Entre Ríos 357
Santa Fe 110
City of Buenos Aires 34
Catamarca 16
Neuquén 15
Tucumán 12
Río Negro 10

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 171 people named Geist.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Bas-Rhin 103
Haut-Rhin 22
Paris 14
Moselle 4
Saône-et-Loire 3
Pas-de-Calais 3
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 3
Cher 2

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

29 people named Geist live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 12
St. Gallen 7
Appenzell Ausserrhoden 4
Schaffhausen 3
Thurgau 3

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.

Who carried it

People named Geist,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Christian Geist 1640–1711 · composer
  • Christian Geist 1640–1711 · composer
  • Gebhard Geist 1726–1798
  • Karl Geist 1732–
  • Franc Geist 1768–1843 · bookseller
  • Joseph Geist 1770–1824 · watchmaker

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

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