# Garman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/garman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,884 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,498 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 39,161 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.1% (7,428 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an Irish surname, from Mac Gormáin (“son of Gormán”) and Ó Gormáin (“descendant of Gormán”); see Gorman. Also compare Garmon. * As an English surname, from the Middle English personal name Gormund, from Old English Gārmund, presumably from gar (“spear”) + mund (“protection”). * Also as an English surname, from gore (“triangular piece of land”) + man. Compare Gore. * As a German surname, Americanized from Garmann, Gärmann, from Ger (“spear”) + Mann. * Also as a German surname, Americanized from Germann. Compare German.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Garman in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Garman in the United States.

## People named Garman

- Ralph Garman, American actor
- Samuel Garman, American zoologist (1843–1927)

## Similar surnames

Gorman, Garmon, German, Germain, Germany, Germann, Germano, Garmendia, Geronimo, Greenman, Greening, Germaine.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.