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

The Georg surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 543 people carried this name — #40,313 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 4% from 522 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 429 people named Georg.

14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 14
Bas-Rhin 228
Moselle 57
Paris 29
Haut-Rhin 24
Meurthe-et-Moselle 20
Meuse 13
Maine-et-Loire 6
Pas-de-Calais 6

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

76 people named Georg live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 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 17
Basel-Landschaft 9
Solothurn 8
Aargau 8
Zug 7
Basel-Stadt 5
Bern 5
Vaud 5

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 Poland’s population register

39 people named Georg have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 52 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Opole.

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

Where they live today

Opole 16
Silesian 11
Warmian-Masurian 6
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 2
Lubusz 2
Lesser Poland 2

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

In the Nordic population registers

25 people named Georg is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 25

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Georg,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johann Georgi d. 1701 · printer
  • Wilhelm Georg 1817–1869 · entomologist
  • Richard Georg 1862–1921 · actor
  • Alfred Georg 1864–1957 · politician
  • Fyodor Georg 1871–1941 · military officer
  • Eugen Georg 1890– · scientist

Wikidata (CC0).

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