The surname Gerin was first found in Cambridgeshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates in that shire.
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Early History of the Gerin family
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Gerin Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Gering, Gerring, Gerrin, Gerin, Gearing, Gearin, Geryn, Geryng and many more.
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Early Notables of the Gerin family (pre 1700)
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Gerin Ranking
In France, the name Gerin is the 4,892nd most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. [1]
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Migration of the Gerin family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..