The Garland surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 26,779 people carried this name — #1,309 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 25,725 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Garland surname
English surname, from the noun garland. Also derived from Garland in Devon, from an ancestor of the noun gore (“triangular piece of land”) + land.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Garland» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 24 births for the Garland name in 1890.
They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 1,100 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 11 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Dublin and Monaghan.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 101 people named Garland.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 31 people named Garland 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
22 people named Garland live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 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
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
30 people named Garland is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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).
In print
Garland in American newspapers,
1908–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 447,555 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Garland,
with a public archive behind them.
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Louise Garland d. 1947 -
Rice Garland d. 1818 · politician
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Juan Garland d. 1775 · engineer
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William Garland d. 1882 · painter
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Lewes Peake Garland d. 1780
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Rupert Garland d. 1969
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Garland.
- Gari 337 · U.S. census
- Garibaldi 2,414 · U.S. census
- Garin 916 · U.S. census
- Garing 379 · U.S. census
- Garino 292 · U.S. census
- Garito 196 · U.S. census
- Garlin 412 · U.S. census
- Garmendia 582 · U.S. census
- Garneau 1,350 · U.S. census
- Garnet 278 · U.S. census
- Garnier 934 · U.S. census
- Garo 287 · U.S. census
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