Garry surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Garry surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,439 people carried this name — #9,461 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 85,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,405 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 721 people named Garry.

16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 57 départements, most often Mayenne.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 16
Mayenne 237
Lot-et-Garonne 72
Sarthe 48
Paris 40
Puy-de-Dôme 27
Corrèze 26
Calvados 23
Loire-Atlantique 18

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

In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 14 births for the Garry name in 1890.

They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 600 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.

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

Where they were born, 1890

Leinster 8
Connacht 3
Ulster 2
Munster 1

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 27 people named Garry 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 Santa Fe.

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

Where they live today

Santa Fe 17
Buenos Aires Province 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Garry in American newspapers,
1901–1917.

Newspaper page from Iowa County Democrat carrying the name Garry
Iowa County Democrat 1917-03-08
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Garry
The Salt Lake Herald 1909-06-13
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Garry
The Salt Lake Herald 1901-11-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 94,516 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Garry,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Tess Garry d. 2022 · journalist
  • Robert Campbell Garry 1900–1993 · physician
  • Flora Garry 1900–2000 · writer
  • Robert Garry 1906–1989 · geographer
  • Robert Garry 1906–1989 · geographer
  • Charles Garry 1909–1991 · lawyer

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Garry is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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