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

The Garda surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 249 people carried this name — #77,012 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is down 9% from 275 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 211 people named Garda 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 Córdoba.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Córdoba 66
Buenos Aires Province 64
City of Buenos Aires 39
Misiones 30
Santa Fe 12

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 108 people named Garda.

23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Savoie.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 23
Savoie 18
Bouches-du-Rhône 15
Loire-Atlantique 9
Meurthe-et-Moselle 8
Isère 7
Rhône 6
Paris 6
Drôme 3

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

In Poland’s population register

105 people named Garda have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 127 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Opole.

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

Where they live today

Opole 37
West Pomeranian 17
Subcarpathian 15
Lublin 11
Lesser Poland 7
Lower Silesian 6
Masovian 6
Pomeranian 4

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

Who carried it

People named Garda,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pietro Alessandro Garda 1791–1880 · physician
  • Pietro Alessandro Garda 1791–1880 · physician
  • Emanuele Garda 1890–1970 · sport cyclist
  • Emanuele Garda 1890–1970 · sport cyclist
  • Felicitas Garda 1920–
  • Dezső Garda 1948– · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Garda.

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