The Garo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 287 people carried this name — #68,547 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 114% from 134 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 542 people named Garo.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Finistère.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
138 people named Garo live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 36 people named Garo 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.
Who carried it
People named Garo,
with a public archive behind them.
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John H. Garo 1870–1939 · photographer -
John H. Garo 1870–1939 · photographer
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Charles Tatossian Garo 1925–2017 · painter
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Charles Tatossian Garo 1925–2016 · painter
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Édouard Garo 1935–2025 · composer
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John Garo 1952–2007 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Garo.
- Garland 26,779 · 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
- Garofalo 5,152 · U.S. census
- Garon 1,498 · U.S. census
- Garot 124 · U.S. census
- Garra 273 · U.S. census
- Garre 137 · U.S. census
- Garreau 240 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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