How common is the surname Garn?

1,226 people in the United States had the surname Garn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,832 Americans. It ranked 21,360th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Garn?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Garn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Garn?

Jake Garn, American politician and general (born 1932).

Where is the surname Garn most common?

Wikidata records people named Garn in the United States.

Is the surname Garn getting more or less common?

More common. 1,221 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,226 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname Garn

A surname, carried by 1,226 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Garn is more common than 86.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,226 people named Garn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 251,832 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,221.

#21,360

rank among US surnames

1,226

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #20,270)

Who is named Garn

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

96% of people named Garn identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Garns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jake Garn
American politician and general (born 1932)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Garn

Garn has the Soundex code G650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G650.

Questions

How common is the surname Garn?: 1,226 people in the United States had the surname Garn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,832 Americans. It ranked 21,360th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Garn?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Garn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Garn?: Jake Garn, American politician and general (born 1932).
Where is the surname Garn most common?: Wikidata records people named Garn in the United States.
Is the surname Garn getting more or less common?: More common. 1,221 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,226 in 2010, up 0.4%.