The Garant surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 669 people carried this name — #33,990 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is down 3% from 690 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Garant surname
Occupational surname, borrowed from French Garant, from garant (“guarantor”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Garant» (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 92 people named Garant.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 Garant,
with a public archive behind them.
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Serge Garant 1929–1986 · composer -
Annette Garant 1959– · actor -
Charles-Omer Garant 1899–1962 · Catholic priest
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André Garant 1923–2003 · teacher
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Patrice Garant 1937– · jurist
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Gordie Garant 1937–2020 · ice hockey player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Garant.
- 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
- Garand 625 · 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
- Garbin 365 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Garant is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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