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    The surname Garden

    A surname, carried by 1,917 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G635

    Garden: #15,309 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Garden #15,309, 1,917 people Garden: #15,309 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Garden #15,309, 1,917 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Garden is more common than 90.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,917 people named Garden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,057 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,947.

    #15,309
    rank among US surnames
    1,917
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #14,158)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,303Canto1,918160,973
    #15,309Kinner1,917161,057
    #15,318Quisenberry1,916161,141

    Who is named Garden

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    63% of people named Garden identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 9.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 63%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.2%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Gardens

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Graeme Garden
      British actor and comedian, born 1943

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Garden

    Garden has the Soundex code G635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G635.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Garden?
    1,917 people in the United States had the surname Garden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,057 Americans. It ranked 15,309th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Garden?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Garden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Garden?
    Graeme Garden, British actor and comedian.
    Where is the surname Garden most common?
    Wikidata records people named Garden in the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Garden getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,947 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,917 in 2010, down 1.5%.