Gehringer Name Origin and Family Crest

Wikidata records Gehringer as a German family name. Gehringer shows up clearly in national surname statistics.

Researching the origin

Standard surname dictionaries do not settle the origin of Gehringer, so we research it family by family rather than guess.

Sound-alike surnames

The 2010 US Census counted 1,471 people named Gehringer, ranking it number 18,685 among American surnames. French civil records give 142 births under the name Gehringer from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1961–1970. Births ran at 8 in 1891–1900 and 11 in 1991–2000.

Arms associated with the name

Coats of arms were borne by individual families. If arms are recorded under the Gehringer name, our researchers explain whose they were and how they were blazoned.

Get the complete Gehringer report, with a museum-style coat of arms.