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The Garde surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 754 people carried this name — #30,863 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is up 10% from 687 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,486 people named Garde.

36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 78 départements, most often Loire.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 36
Loire 241
Rhône 170
Puy-de-Dôme 111
Paris 95
Pas-de-Calais 78
Gironde 71
Aisne 55
Corrèze 44

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 288 people named Garde 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 133
Mendoza 59
Santa Fe 34
City of Buenos Aires 33
San Juan 18
Córdoba 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

28 people named Garde live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 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 8
Zurich 7
Vaud 6
St. Gallen 4
Thurgau 3

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.

In the Nordic population registers

89 people named Garde is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 89

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Garde,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hans Georg Garde
    Hans Georg Garde 1790–1875 · historian
  • Anne Musgrave d. 1843
  • Jaume Garde 1400–1480
  • Sarah Garde 1738–1821
  • Rebecca Garde 1739–1829
  • John Garde 1765–1832

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

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Surnames next to Garde.

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