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    The surname Garr

    A patronymic surname, carried by 3,160 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G600

    Garr: #10,197 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Garr #10,197, 3,160 people Garr: #10,197 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Garr #10,197, 3,160 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Garr is more common than 93.7% of them.

    Origin

    * As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, shortened from McGarr, from macc an gearr (“son of the short man”). * As a German surname, from Gorr, shortened from Gregor, as well as from Karre (“cart”).

    Garr is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,160 people named Garr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,704 Americans. That is down 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,459.

    #10,197
    rank among US surnames
    3,160
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -8.6%
    change since 2000 (was #8,746)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,189Thome3,16397,612
    #10,191O'Loughlin3,16297,642
    #10,193Pizzo3,16197,673
    #10,197Garr3,16097,704
    #10,199Swint3,15997,735
    #10,200Hunsinger3,15897,766
    #10,204Thakkar3,15797,797

    Who is named Garr

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

    79% of people named Garr identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Garr

    Garr has the Soundex code G600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G600.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Garr come from?
    * As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, shortened from McGarr, from macc an gearr (“son of the short man”). * As a German surname, from Gorr, shortened from Gregor, as well as from Karre (“cart”).
    How common is the surname Garr?
    3,160 people in the United States had the surname Garr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,704 Americans. It ranked 10,197th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Garr?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Garr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Garr?
    Garr is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Garr getting more or less common?
    Less common. 3,459 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,160 in 2010, down 8.6%.