The Gingerich surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,117 people carried this name — #3,894 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,400 people counted. That is up 37% from 6,674 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Gingerich surname

Anglicised form of German Güngerich, originally a compound of Old High German gund (“battle”) + rīchi (“powerful”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gingerich» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Gingerich in American newspapers,
1904–1916.

Newspaper page from River Falls Journal carrying the name Gingerich
River Falls Journal 1908-10-08
Newspaper page from Audubon Republican carrying the name Gingerich
Audubon Republican 1916-03-16
Newspaper page from Ottumwa Tri-weekly Courier carrying the name Gingerich
Ottumwa Tri-weekly Courier 1904-11-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,111 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Gingerich,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Owen Gingerich 1930–2023 · astronomer
  • Edward Gingerich 1966–2011

Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Gingerich,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States133 records

133 records of the Gingerich name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 64
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 26
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 21
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 12
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record William L. Gingerich

    Born 1906 in Arkansas. Enlisted 1943 at Little Rock; filling station attendant from Chicot County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Lakeside Cemetery, Des Arc, Arkansas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jean Gingerich

    Arrived at New York in 1857 aboard the Globe from Havre, aged 22; farmer. From Sarreguemines, Alsace Lorraine, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Gregory Ray Gingerich

    Born 1947; from Redondo Beach, California. U.S. Navy, hospital corpsman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 133 records for Gingerich in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany4 records

4 records of the Gingerich name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 3
  • German applications to settle and marry 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Jakob Gingerich

    From Contwig, Pfalz. Reported wounded in the Bavarian casualty list of 18 January 1915; then reported missing in the list of 24 August 1916; then reported taken prisoner in the list of 31 May 1918 (Infantry Regiment No. 22).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Christian Gingerich

    Named in an application to settle and marry in 1844.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Amberg (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Georg Gingerich

    From Moos, Niederb. Reported wounded in the Bavarian casualty list of 24 June 1915 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 12).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Gingerich in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Gingerich name in Canada
  • City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Emerson Lloyd Gingerich

    Buried in 1978 at Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo, Ontario.

    Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Jacob Gingerich

    Died 1952; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Jeff Patrick Gingerich

    Buried in 1981 at Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo, Ontario.

    Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence

Counts: Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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