The Gerber surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 16,348 people carried this name — #2,033 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,500 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
14,836 people named Gerber live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,195 people named Gerber.
123 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 74 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
115 people named Gerber have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 197 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
Who carried it
People named Gerber,
with a public archive behind them.
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Christian Gerber 1660–1731 · writer -
Ernst Ludwig Gerber 1746–1819 · composer -
Frederick W. Gerber 1813–1875 · military engineer -
Karl von Gerber 1823–1891 · politician -
Heinrich Gerber 1832–1912 · engineer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 230 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gerber.
- Gerardi 2,407 · U.S. census
- Gerardo 2,087 · U.S. census
- Gerardot 307 · U.S. census
- Gerardy 274 · U.S. census
- Geray 125 · U.S. census
- Gerbe 120 · U.S. census
- Gerbert 211 · U.S. census
- Gerbi 130 · U.S. census
- Gerbino 613 · U.S. census
- Gere 847 · U.S. census
- Gereau 305 · U.S. census
- Geremia 674 · U.S. census
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