The Gerig surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,057 people carried this name — #23,881 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 277,800 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,031 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
685 people named Gerig live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Gerig.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Haut-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.
Who carried it
People named Gerig,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hans Gerig 1910–1978 · music publisher -
Daniel S. Gerig d. 1979 · civil servant
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Otto Gerig 1885–1944 · politician
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Benjamin Gerig 1894–1976 · civil servant
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Hanna Gerig 1900–1991 · politician
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Hans Gerig 1906–1969 · archivist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gerig.
- Gergen 707 · U.S. census
- Gerges 1,016 · 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
- Gerin 129 · U.S. census
- Gering 1,045 · U.S. census
- Gerlach 7,394 · U.S. census
- Gerland 191 · U.S. census
- Gerling 2,294 · U.S. census
- Gerlinger 185 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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