How rare is the last name Geary?

11,784 people in the United States have the last name Geary, about 1 in 25,365. It ranks #2,989 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

GEARY

#2,989

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,784
About
1 in 25,365
This common or more
52.5%
Who bears it

Of the 11,784 people with the last name Geary, 88.8% reported their origin as White, 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Geary

#2,987 Churchill · 11,791#2,988 Bachman · 11,789#2,990 Scarborough · 11,781#2,991 Matson · 11,777

Spelled almost the same

5 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Geary, most common first.

#11,833 Gerry · 2,530#13,656 Gear · 2,125#43,758 Gery · 531#78,395 Geery · 263#131,120 Geare · 135

Also a first name

As a first name, Geary ranks #8,575 of 53,615, with 1,688 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1953, with 201 births. See Geary as a first name

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