Find out how popular the last name Gebert is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Gebert.

Gebert, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Gebert surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Gebert in America

Gebert is the 19774th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Gebert surname appeared 1,361 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Gebert.

We can also compare 2010 data for Gebert to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Gebert

The surname Gebert is of German origin, with its earliest known records dating back to the 13th century. It is believed to have derived from the Germanic personal name Gebhart, which was composed of the elements "geb" meaning "gift" and "hart" meaning "brave" or "hardy." The name was initially used as a personal name before becoming an inherited surname.

The Gebert surname was particularly prevalent in the regions of Bavaria and Saxony, where many early bearers of the name can be found in historical records. One of the earliest documented instances is in the town of Erfurt, where a certain Cunrad Gebert is mentioned in a document from 1284.

During the Middle Ages, the Gebert name appeared in several notable records and manuscripts, including the Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae Regiae, a collection of historical documents from the Kingdom of Saxony. In this collection, a Heinricus Gebert is mentioned in a document from 1292.

The name Gebert has also been associated with various place names throughout Germany, such as Gebersdorf (now part of Landshut) and Gebertshain (near Leipzig). These place names likely originated from individuals bearing the Gebert surname who settled or owned land in those areas.

Notable individuals with the surname Gebert throughout history include:

1. Johannes Gebert (c. 1455-1508), a German humanist scholar and poet from Nuremberg.
2. Nicolaus Gebert (1542-1624), a German jurist and legal scholar from Meissen.
3. Johann Christian Gebert (1670-1733), a German organist and composer from Mühlhausen.
4. Christian Gottfried Gebert (1729-1796), a German theologian and philosopher from Dresden.
5. Johann Michael Gebert (1744-1808), a German architect and urban planner from Karlsruhe, known for his work in the reconstruction of Baden after the Napoleonic Wars.

These are just a few examples of individuals who bore the Gebert surname throughout history, demonstrating its longstanding presence in various regions of Germany and across different fields of endeavor.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Gebert

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Gebert.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Gebert was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Gebert has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Gebert was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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