How common is the surname Garfinkel?

1,647 people in the United States had the surname Garfinkel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,459 Americans. It ranked 17,193rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Garfinkel?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Garfinkel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Garfinkel?

Harold Garfinkel, American sociologist (1917-2011), followed by Jack Garfinkel.

Where is the surname Garfinkel most common?

Wikidata records people named Garfinkel in the United States.

Is the surname Garfinkel getting more or less common?

More common. 1,539 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,647 in 2010, up 7.0%.

The surname Garfinkel

A surname, carried by 1,647 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex G615

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Garfinkel is more common than 89.4% of them.

Origin

From Yiddish גאָרפֿינקל (gorfinkl, “carbuncle”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,647 people named Garfinkel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 187,459 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,539.

#17,193

rank among US surnames

1,647

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+7%

change since 2000 (was #17,014)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,193	Vancleve	1,647	187,459
#17,202	Entrekin	1,646	187,573

Who is named Garfinkel

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

95% of people named Garfinkel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Garfinkels

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Harold Garfinkel
American sociologist (1917-2011)
Jack Garfinkel
American basketball player (1918–2013)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Garfunkel

Surnames that sound like Garfinkel

Garvin

Garfinkel has the Soundex code G615, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G615.

Questions

Where does the surname Garfinkel come from?: From Yiddish גאָרפֿינקל (gorfinkl, “carbuncle”).
How common is the surname Garfinkel?: 1,647 people in the United States had the surname Garfinkel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,459 Americans. It ranked 17,193rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Garfinkel?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Garfinkel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Garfinkel?: Harold Garfinkel, American sociologist (1917-2011), followed by Jack Garfinkel.
Where is the surname Garfinkel most common?: Wikidata records people named Garfinkel in the United States.
Is the surname Garfinkel getting more or less common?: More common. 1,539 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,647 in 2010, up 7.0%.
What are other spellings of Garfinkel?: Garfunkel.