How common is the surname Gardiner?

11,331 people in the United States had the surname Gardiner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,248 Americans. It ranked 3,192nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gardiner?

Steven Gardiner, Bahamian sprinter, followed by Jake Gardiner.

Where is the surname Gardiner most common?

Wikidata records people named Gardiner in the United States, Australia and The Bahamas and 1 other country.

Is the surname Gardiner getting more or less common?

More common. 10,886 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,331 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Gardiner

An occupational surname, carried by 11,331 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gardiner is more common than 98% of them.

Origin

A spelling variant of Gardener.

Gardiner 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 11,331 people named Gardiner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,248 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,886.

#3,192

rank among US surnames

11,331

people in 2010

3.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,050)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,183	McNeely	11,350	27,202
#3,184	Corrales	11,348	27,207
#3,185	Murrell	11,347	27,209
#3,186	Brownlee	11,344	27,217
#3,187	Fultz	11,342	27,221
#3,188	Harlan	11,339	27,229
#3,189	Lindquist	11,337	27,233

Who is named Gardiner

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

86% of people named Gardiner identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gardiners

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Steven Gardiner
Bahamian sprinter, born 1995
Jake Gardiner
American ice hockey player, born 1990
Reginald Gardiner
Actor (1903-1980)
Jim Gardiner
American rower, 1930–2016
Muriel Gardiner
American psychiatrist (1901-1985)
Mary Gardiner
Australian computer scientist and activist, born 2000
George Gardiner
American boxer (1877-1954)
William Tudor Gardiner
American politician (1892–1953)
Meg Gardiner
American writer, born 1957
Bob Gardiner
Australian racewalker, born 1936

Notable Gardiners come mostly from the United States (6), Australia (2) and The Bahamas (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Gardiner

Gardiner 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 Gardiner come from?: A spelling variant of Gardener.
How common is the surname Gardiner?: 11,331 people in the United States had the surname Gardiner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,248 Americans. It ranked 3,192nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gardiner?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Gardiner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Gardiner?: Steven Gardiner, Bahamian sprinter, followed by Jake Gardiner.
Where is the surname Gardiner most common?: Wikidata records people named Gardiner in the United States, Australia and The Bahamas and 1 other country.
What type of surname is Gardiner?: Gardiner is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Gardiner getting more or less common?: More common. 10,886 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,331 in 2010, up 4.1%.
What are other spellings of Gardiner?: Gardener and Gardner.