# Garvey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/garvey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,307 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,196 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 27,306 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (11,113 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Reduced form of Irish Ó Gairbhshíth (“descendant of Gairbhshíth”), a personal name composed of the elements garbh (“rough, cruel”) and síth (“peace”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Garvey in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Garvey in the United States and Australia.

## People named Garvey

- Dan Edward Garvey, American politician (1886-1974)
- Steve Garvey, American professional baseball player (born 1948)
- Damien Garvey, Australian actor

## Similar surnames

Grove, Grave, Garibay, Gariepy, Garbe, Grubb, Graf, Graff, Groff, Grube, Griffey, Greve.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.