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    The surname Garner

    A surname, carried by 74,324 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G656

    Garner: #442 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Garner #442, 74,324 people Garner: #442 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Garner #442, 74,324 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Garner is more common than 99.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 74,324 people named Garner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,154 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 72,052.

    #442
    rank among US surnames
    74,324
    people in 2010
    25
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #403)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #433Christensen75,1434,109
    #434Manning74,9494,119
    #435Gill74,9484,119
    #436Curry74,9194,121
    #437McLaughlin74,8164,127
    #438Harmon74,7374,131
    #439McGee74,5424,142

    Who is named Garner

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

    72% of people named Garner identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 72%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 23%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Garners

    13 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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, born 1984
    • Sarah Garner
      American rower, born 1971
    • Lucy Garner
      British cyclist, born 1994
    • 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, 1990–2017
    • Larry Garner
      American Louisiana blues musician, born 1952

    Notable Garners come mostly from the United States (11), the United Kingdom (1) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Garner

    Garner has the Soundex code G656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G656.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Garner?
    74,324 people in the United States had the surname Garner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,154 Americans. It ranked 442nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Garner?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Garner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Garner?
    Jennifer Garner, American actress (born 1972), followed by James Garner.
    Where is the surname Garner most common?
    Wikidata records people named Garner in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
    Is the surname Garner getting more or less common?
    More common. 72,052 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 74,324 in 2010, up 3.2%.