Gershon
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Likely derived from the Hebrew root 'garash' meaning 'expulsion' or 'to drive out'; popularly associated with 'ger sham' meaning 'a sojourner there'
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Gershon is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 368K(measured from records)
- ILIsrael≈1 in 13K
- GHGhana≈1 in 57K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 255 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)
903 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Israel, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Likely derived from the Hebrew root 'garash' meaning 'expulsion' or 'to drive out'; popularly associated with 'ger sham' meaning 'a sojourner there'.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gershon counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 903 | 1 in 368K | 1.1K | Gershon | 255 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈740 est. | ≈1 in 289K | — | Gershon | 16 |
| IL Israel | ≈680 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Gershon | 50 |
| GH Ghana | ≈510 est. | ≈1 in 57K | — | Gershon | 31 |
| TZ Tanzania | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 203K | — | Gershon | 8 |
| PT Portugal | ≈76 est. | ≈1 in 135K | — | Gershon | 4 |
| IE Ireland | ≈39 est. | ≈1 in 133K | — | Gershon | 5 |
| MD Moldova | ≈36 est. | ≈1 in 92K | 3 | — | 3 |
903 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; e-services.md — living population register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Gershon is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
As the progenitor of the Gershonites, he established a lineage dedicated to the maintenance of the textile components of the Tabernacle, symbolizing the preservation of the sanctuary's holiness.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
A biblical name implying exile or sojourning; it is less common than its variant Gershom.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
from the Hebrew personal name Gershon, Gershom, of uncertain origin. It may mean ‘exile’, but is usually interpreted as ‘sojourner’, from Hebrew ger sham meaning ‘a stranger there’.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In English, The eldest of the sons of Levi, and the patriarchal founder of the Gershonites.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Karen Gershonb. 1923GBBritish writer
- Richard K. Gershonb. 1932USAmerican university teacher (1932-1983)
- Nina Gershonb. 1940USAmerican judge, jurist
- Grant Gershonb. 1960USAmerican conductor and pianist
- Gina Gershonb. 1962USAmerican actress
- Tamar Juven-Gershonb. 1968ILIsraeli biologist
- Ilana Gershonb. 1971Associate Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University
- Mordi Gershonb. 1973ILIsraeli stage actor
- Alik Gershonb. 1980ILIsraeli chess player
- Rami Gershonb. 1988ILIsraeli footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 34 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.1K | #24,781 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 976 | #24,115 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 903 | #26,887 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Gershon mean, and where does it come from?
- Likely derived from the Hebrew root 'garash' meaning 'expulsion' or 'to drive out'; popularly associated with 'ger sham' meaning 'a sojourner there'. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- In which country does Gershon have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 903 people named Gershon, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gershon.
- How common is the name Gershon?
- In the United States, the national register counted 903 people named Gershon in 2010, about 1 in 368 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gershonThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gershon”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.