Garces surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Garces surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 5,004 people carried this name — #6,272 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,100 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 265 people named Garces.

67 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 67
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 30
Aude 21
Hautes-Pyrénées 20
Hérault 19
Gers 15
Bouches-du-Rhône 14
Gironde 11
Haute-Garonne 11

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

54 people named Garces live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Geneva 13
Neuchâtel 10
Zurich 10
Fribourg 9
Valais 9
Bern 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Garces is.
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