Explore the Family Name Jerauld

The meaning of Jerauld

Americanized form of French Gérauld (or perhaps of some other similar French surname), a variant of Gérald (see Gerald). The surname Gérauld is very rare in France. Compare Gerould. History: This surname is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society’s register of qualified Huguenot ancestors (along with the variant Gerould) and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of America.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Jerauld in the United States has slightly decreased between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 55,124th and by 2010, it dropped to 57,639th, marking a change of -4.56%. However, the count of people carrying the surname slightly increased from 349 in 2000 to 353 in 2010, representing an increase of 1.15%. Consequently, the proportion per 100,000 people dipped marginally from 0.13 in 2000 to 0.12 in 2010, indicating a decrease of 7.69%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#55,124	#57,639	-4.56%
Count	349	353	1.15%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.12	-7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Jerauld

The ethnicity data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that individuals with the Jerauld surname are predominantly White, although there has been a slight decrease in this ethnic identity group from 97.99% in 2000 to 96.03% in 2010. The Hispanic representation showed a significant increase of 69.15%, going from 2.01% in 2000 to 3.40% in 2010. There were no individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, belonging to two or more races, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.99%	96.03%	-2%
Hispanic	2.01%	3.4%	69.15%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%