The Garrido surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,605 people carried this name — #4,124 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,200 people counted. That is up 51% from 5,699 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Garrido surname
Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Garrido.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Garrido» (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 16,838 people named Garrido 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 mapWhere they live today
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 780 people named Garrido.
346 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 59 départements, most often Rhône.
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
395 people named Garrido live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
45 people named Garrido 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
Garrido in American newspapers,
1895–1950.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,497 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Garrido.
- 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
- Garriga 1,144 · U.S. census
- Garrigues 322 · U.S. census
- Garro 1,002 · U.S. census
- Garron 586 · U.S. census
- Garrone 196 · U.S. census
- Garry 3,439 · U.S. census
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