How common is the surname Garton?

3,425 people in the United States had the surname Garton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,145 Americans. It ranked 9,493rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Garton?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Garton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Garton?

Gabriela Garton, Argentinian association football player (1990-).

Where is the surname Garton most common?

Wikidata records people named Garton in Argentina.

Is the surname Garton getting more or less common?

More common. 3,370 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,425 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Garton

An English place surname, carried by 3,425 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G635

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

Origin

English origin

From Old English gāra (“triangular plot of land”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Garton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,425 people named Garton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,145 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,370.

#9,493

rank among US surnames

3,425

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #8,926)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,486	Brathwaite	3,429	90,040
#9,488	Schirmer	3,428	90,066
#9,491	Rimmer	3,426	90,118
#9,493	Pickle	3,425	90,145
#9,495	Kettler	3,424	90,171
#9,496	Gaughan	3,423	90,197

Who is named Garton

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

91% of people named Garton identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gartons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gabriela Garton
Argentinian association football player (1990-)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Garton

Garton has the Soundex code G635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G635.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Garton come from?: From Old English gāra (“triangular plot of land”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Garton?: 3,425 people in the United States had the surname Garton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,145 Americans. It ranked 9,493rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Garton?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Garton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Garton?: Gabriela Garton, Argentinian association football player (1990-).
Where is the surname Garton most common?: Wikidata records people named Garton in Argentina.
What type of surname is Garton?: Garton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Garton getting more or less common?: More common. 3,370 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,425 in 2010, up 1.6%.