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    The surname Gardener

    An occupational surname, carried by 2,184 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈɡɑɹd.n̩.ɚ/ 3 syllables Soundex G635

    Gardener: #13,843 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Gardener #13,843, 2,184 people Gardener: #13,843 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Gardener #13,843, 2,184 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gardener is more common than 91.5% of them.

    Origin

    Occupational surname from gardener.

    Gardener is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,184 people named Gardener in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,367 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,004.

    #13,843
    rank among US surnames
    2,184
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9%
    change since 2000 (was #13,838)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,834Balsamo2,185141,302
    #13,843Gardener2,184141,367
    #13,845Westberg2,183141,432
    #13,850Winer2,182141,497

    Who is named Gardener

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

    53% of people named Gardener identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 53%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 39%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Gardener

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gardener come from?
    Occupational surname from gardener.
    How common is the surname Gardener?
    2,184 people in the United States had the surname Gardener in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,367 Americans. It ranked 13,843rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gardener?
    In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Gardener identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Gardener?
    Gardener is /ˈɡɑɹd.n̩.ɚ/, 3 syllables.
    What type of surname is Gardener?
    Gardener is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Gardener getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,004 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,184 in 2010, up 9.0%.
    What are other spellings of Gardener?
    Gardner and Gardiner.