Explore the Family Name Geffrard

The meaning of Geffrard

French and Haitian: from a hypocoristic of the French personal name Geffroy, a variant of Geoffroy. This surname is very rare in France. It was brought to the US from Haiti.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Geffrard has seen a significant increase between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Geffrard was ranked 44,574th in terms of surname prevalence, but by 2010 it had risen to the rank of 27,869th, representing a substantial growth of 37.48%. The total count of individuals carrying the Geffrard surname also nearly doubled during this period, increasing by 89.65% from 454 to 861. As a result, the proportion of people with the Geffrard surname per 100,000 people rose by 70.59%, increasing from 0.17 to 0.29.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#44,574	#27,869	37.48%
Count	454	861	89.65%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.29	70.59%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Geffrard

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the largest ethnic group identifying with the Geffrard surname are those of Black ethnicity, accounting for 87.00% in 2000 and rising to 94.19% by 2010. This represents an increase of 8.26%. Those identifying as White saw a slight increase of 23.48%, constituting 1.32% in 2000 and 1.63% in 2010. Individuals of Hispanic ethnicity decreased slightly, from 2.20% in 2000 to 1.97% in 2010, a change of -10.45%. Lastly, those identifying with two or more races significantly decreased by 77.07%, from 8.59% in 2000 to just 1.97% by 2010. No Geffrards identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	87%	94.19%	8.26%
Two or More Races	8.59%	1.97%	-77.07%
Hispanic	2.2%	1.97%	-10.45%
White	1.32%	1.63%	23.48%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%