The Garnica surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,941 people carried this name — #5,820 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,800 people counted. That is up 44% from 4,117 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 14,933 people named Garnica 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 4,661
Salta 2,217
Santiago del Estero 2,037
Tucumán 1,461
Santa Fe 916
Jujuy 789
City of Buenos Aires 585
Córdoba 438

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 24 people named Garnica.

12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Rhône.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 12
Rhône 5
Hauts-de-Seine 2
Val-de-Marne 2
Paris 1
Yvelines 1
Essonne 1

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

In print

Garnica in American newspapers,
1898–1930.

Newspaper page from Carson City Daily Appeal carrying the name Garnica
Carson City Daily Appeal 1922-05-02
Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Garnica
El Tucsonense 1930-02-06
Newspaper page from Foster's Daily Democrat carrying the name Garnica
Foster's Daily Democrat 1898-12-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 452 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Garnica,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joaquín Garnica y Sandoval
    Joaquín Garnica y Sandoval d. 1955 · farmer
  • José de Garnica
    José de Garnica 1841–1902 · lawyer
  • Pablo Garnica y Echevarría
    Pablo Garnica y Echevarría 1876–1959 · lawyer
  • Francisco Garnica Ramírez de Haro 1575– · politician
  • Manuel Garnica Serrano 1891–1939 · lawyer
  • Julia Garnica 1906–1980 · singer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Garnica,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States195 records

195 records of the Garnica name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 170
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 14
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Andy Garnica

    Born 1947; from Richmond, California. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Hua Nghia, South Vietnam. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Rodolfo S. Garnica

    Born 1920 in Colorado. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles, California; farm hand. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Manuel R. Garnica

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1951, died 2001; buried at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 195 records for Garnica in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France7 records

7 records of the Garnica name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Josephine Raymonde Garnica

    Born 1932 in Algeria; died 1996 in Lyon (Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Antoine Garnica

    Born 1906 in Algeria; died 1990 in Caussade (Tarn-et-Garonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Andre Alain Garnica

    Born 1948 in Lyon; died 1977 in Lyon (Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Garnica in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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