The Gertz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,018 people carried this name — #14,724 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 147,100 people counted. That is up 5% from 1,913 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 69 people named Gertz.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 3 départements, most often Bas-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.
In Poland’s population register
50 people named Gertz have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 86 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
70 people named Gertz 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
Gertz in American newspapers,
1907–1929.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,746 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gertz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Martin Clarentius Gertz 1844–1929 · professor -
Wanda Gertz 1896–1958 · military personnel -
Hans Gertz 1876–1938 · physiologist
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Otto Daniel Gertz 1878–1948 · geologist
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Jenny Gertz 1891–1966 · resistance fighter
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Jenny Gertz 1891–1966 · resistance fighter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gertz.
- Gers 200 · U.S. census
- Gerson 2,439 · U.S. census
- Gerst 1,913 · U.S. census
- Gerster 337 · U.S. census
- Gerstner 2,038 · U.S. census
- Gerthoffer 109 · U.S. census
- Gervais 5,233 · U.S. census
- Gervasi 1,311 · U.S. census
- Gervasoni 145 · U.S. census
- Gerwig 786 · U.S. census
- Gery 514 · U.S. census
- Geschwind 196 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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