# Garner (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/garner/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 74,324 |
| US rank (2010) | 442 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,154 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (72,052 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Garner 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) | 72% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Garner in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named Garner

- Jennifer Garner, American actress (born 1972)
- James Garner, American film and television actor (1928–2014)
- Julia Garner, American actress (born 1994)
- Erroll Garner, American jazz pianist and composer (1921–1977)
- Kelli Garner, American actress
- Sarah Garner, American rower
- Lucy Garner, British cyclist
- Marcellite Garner, American artist and voice actress (1910–1993)
- Nadine Garner, Australian actress (born 1970)
- Phil Garner, American baseball player and manager (1949–2026)
- Erica Garner, Activist associated with the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States
- Larry Garner, American Louisiana blues musician

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Griner, Groner, Guarnieri, Granier, Gruner, Garnier, Gerner, Greiner, Grenier, Grammer, Grimmer, Greener.

## 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.