The surname Garland
An occupational surname, carried by 26,779 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex G645 Also a first name
Origin
English surname, from the noun garland. Also derived from Garland in Devon, from an ancestor of the noun gore (“triangular piece of land”) + land.
Garland 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 26,779 people named Garland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,529 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 25,725.
Who is named Garland
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
77% of people named Garland identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 77%
- Black (not Hispanic) 18%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Two or more races 2.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Famous Garlands
14 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Judy GarlandAmerican actress, singer, dancer and vaudevillian (1922–1969)
- Merrick Garland86th United States Attorney General, born 1952
- Darius GarlandAmerican basketball player (born 2000)
- Beverly GarlandAmerican actress (1926–2008)
- Red GarlandAmerican modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
- Hamlin GarlandAmerican novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer (1860–1940)
- Conor GarlandAmerican ice hockey player, born 1996
- Kyle GarlandAmerican athlete, born 2000
- Hank GarlandAmerican musician (1930–2004)
- Augustus Hill GarlandAmerican politician (1832-1899)
- Winston GarlandAmerican basketball player (born 1964)
- Peter A. GarlandAmerican politician (1923–2005)
Notable Garlands come mostly from the United States (13) and Confederate States of America (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Garland
Garland has the Soundex code G645, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G645.
Questions
- Where does the surname Garland come from?
- English surname, from the noun garland. Also derived from Garland in Devon, from an ancestor of the noun gore (“triangular piece of land”) + land.
- How common is the surname Garland?
- 26,779 people in the United States had the surname Garland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,529 Americans. It ranked 1,309th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Garland?
- In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Garland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Garland?
- Judy Garland, American actress, singer, dancer and vaudevillian (1922–1969), followed by Merrick Garland.
- Where is the surname Garland most common?
- Wikidata records people named Garland in the United States and Confederate States of America.
- What type of surname is Garland?
- Garland is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
- Is the surname Garland getting more or less common?
- More common. 25,725 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 26,779 in 2010, up 4.1%.
- Is Garland also a first name?
- Yes. Garland is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.