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    The surname Garg

    A Hindi surname, carried by 3,008 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G620

    Garg: #10,641 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Garg #10,641, 3,008 people Garg: #10,641 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Garg #10,641, 3,008 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Garg is more common than 93.4% of them.

    Origin

    Hindi origin

    Borrowed from Hindi गर्ग (garg).

    One of 48 Hindi surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,008 people named Garg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,641 Americans. That is up 98% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,519.

    #10,641
    rank among US surnames
    3,008
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +98%
    change since 2000 (was #17,199)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,636Schermerhorn3,011102,539
    #10,638Pearlman3,009102,607
    #10,641Toups3,008102,641
    #10,644Mattes3,007102,676
    #10,645Rosso3,006102,710
    #10,647Kan3,005102,744
    #10,649Weyer3,004102,778

    Who is named Garg

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

    95% of people named Garg identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 95%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Garg

    Garg has the Soundex code G620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G620.

    Other Hindi surnames

    All 48 Hindi surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Garg come from?
    Borrowed from Hindi गर्ग (garg).
    How common is the surname Garg?
    3,008 people in the United States had the surname Garg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,641 Americans. It ranked 10,641st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Garg?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Garg identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Garg getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,519 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,008 in 2010, up 98%.