The Gerold surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 561 people carried this name — #39,212 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is down 10% from 623 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 123 people named Gerold.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 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
103 people named Gerold live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
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 32 people named Gerold 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 Santa Fe.
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.
Who carried it
People named Gerold,
with a public archive behind them.
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Charles Théodore Gérold 1837–1928 · pastor -
Friedrich Gerold d. 1912 · publisher
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Gerold d. 978
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Carl Gerold 1783–1854 · printer
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Julius Gerold 1808–1876 · composer
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Rosa Gerold 1829–1907 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gerold.
- 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
- Gerner 1,823 · 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
- Gerson 2,439 · U.S. census
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