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The surname Garrow

A surname, carried by 2,770 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G600

Garrow: #11,383 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Garrow #11,383, 2,770 people Garrow: #11,383 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Garrow #11,383, 2,770 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Garrow is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,770 people named Garrow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,460 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,679.

#11,383
rank among US surnames
2,770
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
+3.4%
change since 2000 (was #10,904)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#11,374Gessner2,773111,340
#11,377Bornstein2,772111,380
#11,380Sauers2,771111,420
#11,383Mooneyham2,770111,460
#11,388Max2,769111,501

Who is named Garrow

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

89% of people named Garrow identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.9% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 89%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 4.9%
  • Two or more races 2.9%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Garrows

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • William Garrow
    British barrister, politician and judge (1760–1840)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Garrow

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

Questions

How common is the surname Garrow?
2,770 people in the United States had the surname Garrow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,460 Americans. It ranked 11,383rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Garrow?
In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Garrow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Garrow?
William Garrow, British barrister, politician and judge (1760–1840).
Where is the surname Garrow most common?
Wikidata records people named Garrow in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Garrow getting more or less common?
More common. 2,679 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,770 in 2010, up 3.4%.