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    The surname Garnier

    A French surname, carried by 934 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G656

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Garnier is more common than 83.9% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Garnier, from the Proto-Germanic *Warinhari, composed of *warōn (“to protect”) + *hari (“army”). Compare Garner, Grenier, Gurnee.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 934 people named Garnier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 330,563 Americans. That is up 9.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 854.

    #26,189
    rank among US surnames
    934
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.4%
    change since 2000 (was #26,783)

    Who is named Garnier

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

    63% of people named Garnier identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 8.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 63%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 6.2%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Garniers

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Benedict XIV (Bernard Garnier)
      Antipope from 1424 to 1429 or 1430 (1370-1430)
    • Tony Garnier
      American musician, born 1956
    • François Garnier
      Archbishop of Cambrai, France (1944–2018)

    Notable Garniers come mostly from France (2) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Garnier

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

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Garnier come from?
    From French Garnier, from the Proto-Germanic *Warinhari, composed of *warōn (“to protect”) + *hari (“army”). Compare Garner, Grenier, Gurnee.
    How common is the surname Garnier?
    934 people in the United States had the surname Garnier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 330,563 Americans. It ranked 26,189th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Garnier?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Garnier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Garnier?
    Benedict XIV (Bernard Garnier), antipope from 1424 to 1429 or 1430 (1370-1430), followed by Tony Garnier.
    Where is the surname Garnier most common?
    Wikidata records people named Garnier in France and the United States.
    Is the surname Garnier getting more or less common?
    More common. 854 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 934 in 2010, up 9.4%.