The Gerlach surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 7,181 people carried this name — #4,536 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,600 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
867 people named Gerlach have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,006 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
271 people named Gerlach live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 82 people named Gerlach.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Paris.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 65 people named Gerlach live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gerlach.
- Gerhardt 4,931 · U.S. census
- Gerhart 4,233 · U.S. census
- Geri 209 · U.S. census
- Gerig 1,031 · U.S. census
- Gerin 129 · U.S. census
- Gering 1,164 · U.S. census
- Gerland 244 · U.S. census
- Gerling 1,827 · U.S. census
- Gerlinger 197 · U.S. census
- Germain 6,380 · U.S. census
- Germaine 1,346 · U.S. census
- German 14,769 · U.S. census
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