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    The surname Garnsey

    A Norman place surname, carried by 589 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G652

    Garnsey: #37,735 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Garnsey #37,735, 589 people Garnsey: #37,735 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Garnsey #37,735, 589 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Garnsey is more common than 76.7% of them.

    Origin

    Norman origin

    * English surname of Norman origin, from Great Gornhay in Tiverton, Devon, from the Old English personal name Gārmund, see Garman. * Also as a habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Germisay, in Lorraine. It could also be a habitational surname from Guernsey in the Channel Islands. The second element of both of these is probably Old Norse ey (“island”).

    Garnsey is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 589 people named Garnsey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 524,186 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 558.

    #37,735
    rank among US surnames
    589
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.6%
    change since 2000 (was #37,534)

    Who is named Garnsey

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

    94% of people named Garnsey identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Garnsey

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

    Other Norman surnames

    All 128 Norman surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Garnsey come from?
    * English surname of Norman origin, from Great Gornhay in Tiverton, Devon, from the Old English personal name Gārmund, see Garman. * Also as a habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Germisay, in Lorraine. It could also be a habitational surname from Guernsey in the Channel…
    How common is the surname Garnsey?
    589 people in the United States had the surname Garnsey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 524,186 Americans. It ranked 37,735th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Garnsey?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Garnsey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Garnsey?
    Garnsey is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Garnsey getting more or less common?
    More common. 558 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 589 in 2010, up 5.6%.