# Garrick (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/garrick/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English habitational surname from Old English from Garwick in Lincolnshire.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,040 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,547 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 101,561 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.5% (2,776 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡæɹɪk/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English *Gārrīċ (from gār (“spear”) + rīċ), from Proto-Germanic *Gaizarīks. Doublet of Gaiseric.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Garrick in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 64% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 29% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Garrick in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Garrick

- David Garrick, British actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer (1717–1779)
- Barbara Garrick, American actress
- Richard Garrick, American actor and director (1878-1962)

## Similar surnames

Garica, Garriga, Garcia, Garris, Garsia, Garza, George, Gross, Grace, Gregg, Griggs, Greco.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.