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The Garmendia surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 582 people carried this name — #38,103 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 63% from 356 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Garmendia surname

Borrowed from Spanish Garmendia, a surname of Basque origin composed of the elements gar (“blaze”) and mendi (“mountain”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Garmendia» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,962 people named Garmendia 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 1,168
Santa Fe 142
City of Buenos Aires 126
Entre Ríos 102
Córdoba 92
Chubut 90
La Pampa 81
Río Negro 52

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 106 people named Garmendia.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 4 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

Born outside France 10
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 79
Gironde 8
Gers 6
Charente-Maritime 3

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

Who carried it

People named Garmendia,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Catalina Garmendia Cubillaga 1577–
  • Madalena Garmendia 1580–
  • Domingo Garmendia Olano 1582–
  • Maria Garmendia 1584–
  • Joanes Garmendia Cubillaga 1586–
  • Francisco Garmendia Aranguren 1598–

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

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Garmendia.

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