How common is the surname Gargano?

2,633 people in the United States had the surname Gargano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,260 Americans. It ranked 11,890th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gargano?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gargano identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gargano?

Johnny Gargano, American professional wrestler.

Where is the surname Gargano most common?

Wikidata records people named Gargano in the United States.

Is the surname Gargano getting more or less common?

More common. 2,482 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,633 in 2010, up 6.1%.

The surname Gargano

An Italian surname, carried by 2,633 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex G625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gargano is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Gargano.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,633 people named Gargano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,260 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,482.

#11,890

rank among US surnames

2,633

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,601)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,882	Erikson	2,635	117,171
#11,886	Burse	2,634	117,215
#11,890	Defrancisco	2,633	117,260
#11,894	Addy	2,632	117,305
#11,899	Hosmer	2,631	117,349

Who is named Gargano

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

95% of people named Gargano identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Garganos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Johnny Gargano
American professional wrestler, born 1987

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gargano

Gargano has the Soundex code G625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G625.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gargano come from?: Borrowed from Italian Gargano.
How common is the surname Gargano?: 2,633 people in the United States had the surname Gargano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,260 Americans. It ranked 11,890th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gargano?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Gargano identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gargano?: Johnny Gargano, American professional wrestler.
Where is the surname Gargano most common?: Wikidata records people named Gargano in the United States.
Is the surname Gargano getting more or less common?: More common. 2,482 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,633 in 2010, up 6.1%.