View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Gerards Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Gerards occurs most in The Netherlands. It can be rendered as: Gérards. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gerards? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 127,108^th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 2,040,758 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Gerards live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,775,424^th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 34 people.

This surname is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 1,554 people, or 1 in 10,867. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Limburg, where 51 percent live, Gelderland, where 14 percent live and North Brabant, where 9 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands Gerards occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 43 percent live and Belgium, where 6 percent live.

Gerards Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Gerards has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gerards last name rose 1,322 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Gerards Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Gerards last name are 12.49% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.26% being registered with the political party.

Gerards earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.67% more than the national average, earning $44,303 USD per year.