The Gherardi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 462 people carried this name — #46,138 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is up 10% from 421 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 439 people named Gherardi.
119 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Corsica.
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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 375 people named Gherardi 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
69 people named Gherardi live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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 Gherardi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni di Gherardo da Prato 1360–1500 · writer -
Maffeo Gherardi 1406–1492 · Catholic priest -
Jacopo da Volterra 1434–1516 · Catholic priest -
Lorenzo da Bergamo 1480–1554 · auxiliary bishop -
Giovanni Gherardi 1600–1683 · actor -
Bernardo Gherardi 1390–1460
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gherardi.
- Ghali 427 · U.S. census
- Ghanem 1,017 · U.S. census
- Ghazarian 965 · U.S. census
- Ghazi 664 · U.S. census
- Ghelfi 200 · U.S. census
- Gheorghe 259 · U.S. census
- Gherardini 255 · U.S. census
- Ghersi 127 · U.S. census
- Ghesquiere 158 · U.S. census
- Ghezzi 375 · U.S. census
- Ghilardi 295 · U.S. census
- Ghio 381 · U.S. census
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