The Garate surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 968 people carried this name — #25,518 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is up 35% from 715 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,691 people named Garate live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 62 people named Garate.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Garate live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Garate,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ignacio Gárate Martínez 1953– · psychologist -
Bernardo Garate 1883–1955 · player of Basque pelota
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Toribio Garate 1895– · player of Basque pelota
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Jorge Garate 1917–1990 · film editor
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Maltzeta 1924–2006 · accordionist
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Ignacio Garate 1929–2007 · association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Garate.
- 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
- Garant 669 · 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
- Garby 171 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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