How common is the surname Garrity?

7,156 people in the United States had the surname Garrity in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,145 Americans. It ranked 4,914th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Garrity?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Garrity identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Garrity?

Pat Garrity, American basketball player (born 1976), followed by Freddie Garrity.

Where is the surname Garrity most common?

Wikidata records people named Garrity in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Garrity getting more or less common?

More common. 6,890 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,156 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Garrity

A surname, carried by 7,156 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex G630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Garrity is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,156 people named Garrity in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,145 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,890.

#4,914

rank among US surnames

7,156

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,705)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,905	Kuehn	7,181	42,995
#4,906	Whitmire	7,179	43,007
#4,907	Gabel	7,177	43,019
#4,908	Pride	7,172	43,049
#4,909	Encarnacion	7,171	43,055
#4,910	Null	7,170	43,061
#4,912	Binkley	7,159	43,127

Who is named Garrity

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

95% of people named Garrity identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Garritys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Pat Garrity
American basketball player (born 1976)
Freddie Garrity
British actor and singer (1936–2006)

Notable Garritys come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Garrity

Garrity has the Soundex code G630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G630.

Questions

How common is the surname Garrity?: 7,156 people in the United States had the surname Garrity in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,145 Americans. It ranked 4,914th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Garrity?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Garrity identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Garrity?: Pat Garrity, American basketball player (born 1976), followed by Freddie Garrity.
Where is the surname Garrity most common?: Wikidata records people named Garrity in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Garrity getting more or less common?: More common. 6,890 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,156 in 2010, up 3.9%.