# Garmendia (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/garmendia/  
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 | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 582 |
| US rank (2010) | 38,103 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 530,491 people |
| Change since 2000 | +64% (356 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Garmendia, a surname of Basque origin composed of the elements gar (“blaze”) and mendi (“mountain”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Garmendia 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) | 14% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 84% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Garmendia in Argentina and Spain.

## People named Garmendia

- José Ignacio Garmendia, Argentinian painter (1841-1925)
- Bernardo Atxaga, Basque-language writer from Gipuzkoa, Spain

## Similar surnames

German, Garman, Germain, Garmon, Gorman, Germany, Geronimo, Germann, Germano, 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.