Geddes

3,636 people in the United States were counted with the surname Geddes in the 2020 census, making it the 8,657th most common in the country. That is about one person in 82,200.

By the numbers

People: 3,636
Rank: 8,657th
How common: 1 in 82,200
Per 100,000: 1.2

Where the name comes from

Origin Scottish Gaelic

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Geddes described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 83.0%
Black, not Hispanic 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino 5.2%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.2%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.2%

Notable people called Geddes

Barbara Bel Geddes (1922–2005)American actress
Patrick Geddes (1854–1932)British biologist, botanist and town planner
Norman Bel Geddes (1893–1958)American theatrical and industrial designer
John Geddes (1936–2026)British cyclist
Eric Geddes (1875–1937)British politician
Anne Geddes (born 1956)Australian photographer

People named Geddes with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.