The Garris surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,316 people carried this name — #4,823 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 7,151 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 26 people named Garris.

4 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 4
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 10
Hautes-Pyrénées 10
Hérault 1
Paris 1

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

In print

Garris in American newspapers,
1915–1923.

Newspaper page from Evening Times-republican carrying the name Garris
Evening Times-republican 1915-09-21
Newspaper page from The Beatrice Daily Express carrying the name Garris
The Beatrice Daily Express 1923-08-24
Newspaper page from The Leon Reporter carrying the name Garris
The Leon Reporter 1919-01-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 54,019 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Garris in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1970s.

146 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Garris. The most, 30, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 51
Victoria 35
South Australia 23
New South Wales 21
Western Australia 8
Tasmania 3
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Garris.

Who carried it

People named Garris,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Sidney Reginald Garris 1921–2006 · composer

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

In the public record

People named Garris,
in the records of 6 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 States375 records

375 records of the Garris name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 226
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 74
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 44
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 12
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 12
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Raymond W. Garris

    Born 1923 in New York. Enlisted 1943 at Binghamton; machine shop worker from Bradford County, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army veteran; died 1947, buried at Woodlawn National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record George Robert Garris

    Born 1949; from Greensburg, Pennsylvania. U.S. Marine Corps, motor vehicle operator; died in an accident 1969 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Wm. Garris

    Arrived at New York in 1882 aboard the Maas from Rotterdam, aged 31; hostler. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 375 records for Garris in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

France10 records

10 records of the Garris 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 Marie Garris

    Born 1905 in Lannemezan (Hautes-Pyrénées); died 1990 in Céret (Pyrénées-Orientales).

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

    Born 1945 in Lannemezan; died 1990 in Lannemezan (Hautes-Pyrénées).

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

    Born 1899 in Lasseubetat; died 2001 in Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Garris 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).

Australia9 records

9 records of the Garris name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 8
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record E. C. De Garris

    Arrived in Victoria in 1902 aboard the Britannia, aged 34.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Elizabeth E. Garris

    Of Chelsea, Victoria; died 1941.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 9 records for Garris in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Netherlands7 records

7 records of the Garris name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 4
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 2
  • Dutch population registers 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Gerhardina Garris

    Married in 1815 in Voorst; "boerendochter".

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Hendrika Paschasia Garris

    Died 1832 in Zwolle, aged 59.

    Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Harmijntie Garris

    Buried in 1758 in Amersfoort.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Garris in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Germany4 records

4 records of the Garris name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Bernhard Garris

    From Lembeck, Recklinghausen. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 14 July 1916 (Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 57).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Leonhard Gärris

    From Hagen, Aachen. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 17 June 1915 (Infantry Regiment No. 69).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Heinrich Garris

    From Lembeck, Recklinghausen. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 18 December 1914 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 19).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Garris in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Garris name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Homer Garris

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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