The Gerner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,823 people carried this name — #15,938 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 161,300 people counted. That is up 10% from 1,651 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 75 people named Gerner.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Moselle.
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
69 people named Gerner live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 23 people named Gerner 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 Entre Ríos.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
60 people named Gerner 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
Gerner in American newspapers,
1905–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,834 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gerner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Albrecht Gerner 1681–1755 · military officer -
Henrik Gerner 1742–1787 · shipbuilder -
Henrik Gerner 1629–1700 · Lutheran pastor
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Anders Gerner 1632–1683 · politician
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Henrik Gerner 1780–1837 · politician
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Henrik Gerner 1781–1837 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gerner.
- Germani 464 · U.S. census
- Germann 2,612 · U.S. census
- Germano 2,499 · U.S. census
- Germany 3,825 · U.S. census
- Germon 137 · U.S. census
- Germond 566 · U.S. census
- Gerold 561 · U.S. census
- Gerome 370 · U.S. census
- Geron 483 · U.S. census
- Gerot 107 · U.S. census
- Geroux 425 · U.S. census
- Gers 200 · U.S. census
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