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    The surname Garnes

    A surname, carried by 2,284 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G652

    Garnes: #13,349 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Garnes #13,349, 2,284 people Garnes: #13,349 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Garnes #13,349, 2,284 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Garnes is more common than 91.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,284 people named Garnes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,178 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,275.

    #13,349
    rank among US surnames
    2,284
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #12,497)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,344Stroupe2,285135,118
    #13,349Starbuck2,284135,178
    #13,356Forst2,283135,237
    #13,357Knobloch2,282135,296

    Who is named Garnes

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

    47% of people named Garnes identified as white (not Hispanic), 44% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 47%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 44%
    • Two or more races 4.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Garnes

    Garnes has the Soundex code G652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G652.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Garnes?
    2,284 people in the United States had the surname Garnes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,178 Americans. It ranked 13,349th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Garnes?
    In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Garnes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 44% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Garnes getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,275 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,284 in 2010, up 0.4%.