The Gest surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 704 people carried this name — #32,632 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is down 4% from 736 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Gest surname
From the German surname, related to geest (“sandy area”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gest» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 732 people named Gest.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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.
Who carried it
People named Gest,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph Gest 1776–1863 · surveyor -
John B. Gest 1823–1907 · lawyer -
John Marshall Gest 1859–1934 · judge -
Joseph Gest 1722–1815
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Deborah Dickinson Gest 1747–1825
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Clarissa Gest 1815–1901
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gest.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Gest is.
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