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

The Gere surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 848 people carried this name — #28,215 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 344,800 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (847).

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 207 people named Gere.

2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Loir-et-Cher.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 2
Loir-et-Cher 29
Nord 25
Mayenne 23
Eure-et-Loir 23
Sarthe 15
Paris 11
Seine-Maritime 11
Seine-et-Marne 10

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 22 people named Gere 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.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 22

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

In the Nordic population registers

22 people named Gere is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 22

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 Gere,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thomas P. Gere
    Thomas P. Gere 1842–1912
  • Isaac Gere 1764–1849 · politician
  • Robert Nelson Gere 1822–1890
  • Mary Anna Gere 1825–1910
  • Amelia Gere Mason 1831–1923 · writer
  • Nathan Stanton Gere 1833–1885

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Gere is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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