How common is the surname Garver?

4,477 people in the United States had the surname Garver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,963 Americans. It ranked 7,441st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Garver?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Garver identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Garver?

Kathy Garver, American actress, followed by Mitch Garver.

Where is the surname Garver most common?

Wikidata records people named Garver in the United States.

Is the surname Garver getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,564 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,477 in 2010, down 1.9%.

The surname Garver

A surname, carried by 4,477 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G616

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Garver is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,477 people named Garver in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,963 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,564.

#7,441

rank among US surnames

4,477

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,804)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,433	Astorga	4,481	68,901
#7,434	Firestone	4,480	68,916
#7,437	Deel	4,478	68,947
#7,441	Warrington	4,477	68,963
#7,443	Behm	4,476	68,978
#7,445	Seymore	4,474	69,009
#7,446	Topete	4,473	69,024

Who is named Garver

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

96% of people named Garver identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Garvers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kathy Garver
American actress, born 1945
Mitch Garver
Baseball Player, born 1991

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Garver

Garver has the Soundex code G616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G616.

Questions

How common is the surname Garver?: 4,477 people in the United States had the surname Garver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,963 Americans. It ranked 7,441st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Garver?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Garver identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Garver?: Kathy Garver, American actress, followed by Mitch Garver.
Where is the surname Garver most common?: Wikidata records people named Garver in the United States.
Is the surname Garver getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,564 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,477 in 2010, down 1.9%.