How common is the surname Garro?

1,002 people in the United States had the surname Garro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 308,129 Americans. It ranked 24,838th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Garro?

In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Garro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 41% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Garro?

Rodrigo Garro, Argentine footballer.

Where is the surname Garro most common?

Wikidata records people named Garro in Argentina.

Is the surname Garro getting more or less common?

More common. 930 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,002 in 2010, up 7.7%.

The surname Garro

A Basque surname, carried by 1,002 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Garro is more common than 84.7% of them.

Origin

Basque origin

From Spanish Garró, from Basque Garro.

One of 20 Basque surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,002 people named Garro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 308,129 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 930.

#24,838

rank among US surnames

1,002

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+7.7%

change since 2000 (was #25,041)

Who is named Garro

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

56% of people named Garro identified as white (not Hispanic), 41% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 56%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 41%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Two or more races 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Garros

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rodrigo Garro
Argentine footballer, born 1998

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Garro

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

Other Basque surnames

All 20 Basque surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Garro come from?: From Spanish Garró, from Basque Garro.
How common is the surname Garro?: 1,002 people in the United States had the surname Garro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 308,129 Americans. It ranked 24,838th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Garro?: In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Garro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 41% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Garro?: Rodrigo Garro, Argentine footballer.
Where is the surname Garro most common?: Wikidata records people named Garro in Argentina.
Is the surname Garro getting more or less common?: More common. 930 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,002 in 2010, up 7.7%.