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The Garro surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,002 people carried this name — #24,838 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted. That is up 8% from 930 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Garro surname

From Spanish Garró, from Basque Garro.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Garro» (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 14,270 people named Garro 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 Mendoza.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Mendoza 3,405
San Luis 3,149
Buenos Aires Province 3,037
Córdoba 1,365
San Juan 628
La Pampa 512
City of Buenos Aires 375
Santa Fe 368

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 323 people named Garro.

55 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 55
Alpes-Maritimes 83
Bouches-du-Rhône 45
Var 36
Paris 13
Meurthe-et-Moselle 12
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 10
Haute-Marne 9
Vendée 8

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

22 people named Garro live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

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

Where they live today

Geneva 8
Zurich 6
Aargau 5
Lucerne 3

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.

Who carried it

People named Garro,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Francisco Garro 1556–1623 · composer
  • Lorenzo Garro 1560–1646 · Catholic priest
  • Nicolás Ambrosio Garro y Arizcun 1747–1825 · politician
  • Emilio Garro 1887–1975 · writer
  • Emilio Garro 1887–1975 · writer
  • Elena Garro 1916–1998 · screenwriter

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

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