The Garand surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 625 people carried this name — #35,912 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 8% from 580 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Garand surname
Borrowed from French Garand. The rifle is named after its designer, John Garand.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Garand» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 458 people named Garand.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 47 départements, most often Indre-et-Loire.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Garand,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Garand 1888–1974 · engineer -
John Garand 1888–1974 · engineer
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Édouard Garand 1901–1965 · businessperson -
Roger Garand 1922–1987 · actor -
Jean-Baptiste Garand 1719–1780 · painter
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Jean-Baptiste Garand 1730–1780 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Garand.
- Gantzer 340 · U.S. census
- Ganz 2,739 · U.S. census
- Ganzer 623 · U.S. census
- Gapp 496 · U.S. census
- Gara 613 · U.S. census
- Garabedian 1,879 · U.S. census
- Garant 669 · U.S. census
- Garate 968 · U.S. census
- Garay 14,393 · U.S. census
- Garbarini 241 · U.S. census
- Garbarino 1,821 · U.S. census
- Garbe 1,168 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Garand is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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