Explore the Family Name Gierman

The meaning of Gierman

1. Americanized form of North German Giermann: variant of Germann 1, from an ancient Germanic personal name formed with Old High German gār, gēr ‘spear, lance’ + man ‘man’. 2. Dutch: cognate of 1 above.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Gierman saw a decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 50,903rd most common name, but by 2010, it had fallen to the 65,593rd spot, marking a decline of 28.86 percent. The actual count of individuals with this surname also declined from 385 in 2000 to 302 in 2010, indicating a reduction of 21.56 percent. Consequently, the proportion of people named Gierman per 100,000 dropped by 28.57 percent over this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#50,903	#65,593	-28.86%
Count	385	302	-21.56%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.1	-28.57%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Gierman

Regarding ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data indicates that the majority of individuals bearing the Gierman surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, with a slight decrease from 94.81 percent to 93.38 percent. There were no recorded instances of this surname among Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities during either year. However, there was a noticeable increase in the percentage of people with this surname who identified with two or more races, rising from 1.56 percent in 2000 to 1.99 percent in 2010. The percentage identifying as Hispanic also rose from 2.34 percent to 2.98 percent over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.81%	93.38%	-1.51%
Hispanic	2.34%	2.98%	27.35%
Two or More Races	1.56%	1.99%	27.56%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%