Gervaz
surname · French · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Gervaz is a surname, most frequently recorded in France. It appears chiefly in French and Spanish, written in the Latin script.
- TZTanzania1 in 101K◐
- UYUruguay1 in 178K
- CHSwitzerland1 in 375K
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Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| FR France | 378 | 65% |
| UY Uruguay | 74 | 13% |
| CH Switzerland | 54 | 9% |
| TZ Tanzania | 36 | 6% |
| BR Brazil | 16 | 3% |
≈558 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
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Languages●
- French38466%
- Spanish7713%
- German498%
- Swahili346%
- English224%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| French | 384 | 66% |
| Spanish | 77 | 13% |
| German | 49 | 8% |
| Swahili | 34 | 6% |
| English | 22 | 4% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1 |
| 1901 | 8 |
| 1911 | 7 |
| 1921 | 7 |
| 1931 | 13 |
| 1941 | 9 |
| 1951 | 7 |
| 1961 | 12 |
| 1971 | 10 |
| 1981 | 9 |
| 1991 | 15 |
FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Evidence●
Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 72 | #80,790 |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 37 | #34,908 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 26 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 26 | #104,241 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 26 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 20 | #36,564 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 19 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 15 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 13 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 12 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 10 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 9 | #13,333 |
Register rows as of the 2026-09-03 data build · 21 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Gervaz?
- Our records include 558 bearers of Gervaz across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Gervaz have the most bearers?
- Gervaz is most frequently recorded in France.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gervaz”. Data snapshot 2026-08-31.