Gehring

English

Alternative forms

• Gehris

Etymology

From the German and Alemannic German surname, from Gehring, a short form of Gerhard; equivalent to Gerard +‎ -ing.

Proper noun

Gehring (plural Gehrings)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gehring is the 6638^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5100 individuals. Gehring is most common among White (96.02%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gehring”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 26.