Explore the Family Name Geerdes

The meaning of Geerdes

Dutch and North German: variant of Gerdes.

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How common is the last name Geerdes in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Geerdes has increased over a period of 10 years from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Geerdes was ranked as the 36,860th most common surname in the United States, with 571 individuals carrying it. By 2010, the name had climbed up to the 34,835th spot, with a count of 648 individuals, indicating an increase of 13.49 percent. The proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 also rose by 4.76 percent during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#36,860	#34,835	5.49%
Count	571	648	13.49%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.22	4.76%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Geerdes

On the ethnicity front, the Decennial U.S. Census data revealed some changes in the ethnic identity associated with the Geerdes surname between 2000 and 2010. While the majority of individuals with this surname identified as White in both years (97.55 percent in 2000 and 95.99 percent in 2010), there was a slight decrease in this percentage over the decade. In contrast, the percentage of those identifying with two or more races increased by 61.90 percent, rising from 1.05 percent in 2000 to 1.70 percent in 2010. The data also registered new instances of individuals with this surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and Hispanic in 2010, though these categories were not represented in the 2000 data. No individuals with the Geerdes surname identified themselves as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.55%	95.99%	-1.6%
Two or More Races	1.05%	1.7%	61.9%
Hispanic	0%	1.23%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.77%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%