The Gerwig surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 786 people carried this name — #29,878 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 370,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 772 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 69 people named Gerwig.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
47 people named Gerwig 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.
Who carried it
People named Gerwig,
with a public archive behind them.
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Robert Gerwig 1820–1885 · politician -
Anne Gerwig 1963– · politician -
Charles Gerwig 1865–1940 · architect
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Max Gerwig 1889–1965 · judge
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Walter Gerwig 1899–1966 · composer
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Heinrich Gerwig 1905–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gerwig.
- Gerstner 2,038 · U.S. census
- Gerthoffer 109 · U.S. census
- Gertz 2,018 · U.S. census
- Gervais 5,233 · U.S. census
- Gervasi 1,311 · U.S. census
- Gervasoni 145 · U.S. census
- Gery 514 · U.S. census
- Geschwind 196 · U.S. census
- Gesell 925 · U.S. census
- Gesse 165 · U.S. census
- Gesser 195 · U.S. census
- Gest 704 · U.S. census
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