How common is the surname Garren?

3,403 people in the United States had the surname Garren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,727 Americans. It ranked 9,552nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Garren?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Garren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Garren getting more or less common?

More common. 3,324 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,403 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Garren

A surname, carried by 3,403 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Garren is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

From the French surname, one of many Norman spelling variants related to Gervase.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,403 people named Garren in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,727 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,324.

#9,552

rank among US surnames

3,403

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,041)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,547	Bose	3,406	90,648
#9,548	Arney	3,405	90,674
#9,551	Obando	3,404	90,701
#9,552	Heinemann	3,403	90,727
#9,557	Lampley	3,402	90,754
#9,560	Arp	3,401	90,781

Who is named Garren

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

93% of people named Garren identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Garren

Garren has the Soundex code G650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G650.

Questions

Where does the surname Garren come from?: From the French surname, one of many Norman spelling variants related to Gervase.
How common is the surname Garren?: 3,403 people in the United States had the surname Garren in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,727 Americans. It ranked 9,552nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Garren?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Garren identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Garren getting more or less common?: More common. 3,324 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,403 in 2010, up 2.4%.