The Gerges surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,016 people carried this name — #24,593 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted. That is up 95% from 520 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 78 people named Gerges.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
23 people named Gerges live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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
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 the Nordic population registers
256 people named Gerges is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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).
In print
Gerges in American newspapers,
1906–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17,336 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gerges,
with a public archive behind them.
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Sabah 1927–2014 · actor -
Carl Gerges 1987– · musician -
Martin Gerges 1919–2000 · writer
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Sofia Gerges 2007– · basketball player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gerges.
- Gerbino 600 · U.S. census
- Gere 848 · U.S. census
- Gereau 293 · U.S. census
- Geremia 697 · U.S. census
- Gerez 242 · U.S. census
- Gergen 707 · U.S. census
- Gerhard 2,584 · U.S. census
- Gerhardt 5,007 · U.S. census
- Gerhart 4,319 · U.S. census
- Geri 218 · U.S. census
- Gerig 1,057 · U.S. census
- Gerin 129 · U.S. census
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