The Gerling surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,294 people carried this name — #13,297 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 128,200 people counted. That is up 26% from 1,827 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 662 people named Gerling 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 241 people named Gerling.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
26 people named Gerling 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
70 people named Gerling 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
Gerling in American newspapers,
1907–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,116 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gerling,
with a public archive behind them.
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Christian Ludwig Gerling 1788–1864 · astronomer -
Albert Gerling 1636–1684 · politician
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Reinhold Gerling 1863–1930 · actor
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Emma Franke 1865–1942
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Wilhelm Gerling 1871–1963 · painter
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Melanie Gerling 1871–1940
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gerling.
- Geri 218 · U.S. census
- Gerig 1,057 · 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
- Gerlinger 185 · U.S. census
- Germain 7,332 · U.S. census
- Germaine 1,324 · U.S. census
- German 16,661 · U.S. census
- Germani 464 · U.S. census
- Germann 2,612 · U.S. census
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