The Garza surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 147,005 people carried this name — #186 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,010 people counted. That is up 18% from 124,130 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 359 people named Garza 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Santa Fe 105
Buenos Aires Province 104
Córdoba 58
Río Negro 53
City of Buenos Aires 29
Neuquén 10

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

34 people named Garza live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 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

Bern 8
Zurich 8
Lucerne 6
Geneva 5
Vaud 4
Thurgau 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.

In the Nordic population registers

24 people named Garza is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 24

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

Garza in American newspapers,
1895–1915.

Newspaper page from Keowee Courier carrying the name Garza
Keowee Courier 1915-01-20
Newspaper page from The Republican carrying the name Garza
The Republican 1906-03-29
Newspaper page from The Black Hills Union carrying the name Garza
The Black Hills Union 1895-03-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 41,831 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Garza,
with a public archive behind them.

  • José Lázaro de la Garza y Ballesteros
    José Lázaro de la Garza y Ballesteros 1785–1862 · Catholic priest
  • Emeterio de la Garza, Jr.
    Emeterio de la Garza, Jr. 1873–1928 · writer
  • Eugenio Garza Sada
    Eugenio Garza Sada 1892–1973 · businessperson
  • Eva Garza
    Eva Garza 1917–1966 · singer
  • Kika de la Garza
    Kika de la Garza 1927–2017 · lawyer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Eugenio Garza Sada: Creative Commons Monterrey, CC BY 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 122 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Garza,
in the records of 2 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 States4,685 records

4,685 records of the Garza name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3,278
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 802
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 552
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 19
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 12
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 9
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Humberto Garza

    Born 1931; from Webb County, Texas. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in North Korea. Buried at Family Cemetery, Laredo, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Prudencio Garza

    Born 1913 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Houston; cook from Harris County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1971, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Rocco Garza

    Arrived at New York in 1906 aboard the Lombardia from Naples, aged 21; laborer. From Palmi, Reggio Di Calabria, Italy.

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

Showing 3 of 4,685 records for Garza in the United States.

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

France4 records

4 records of the Garza 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 Henri Louis Elie Garza

    Born 1921 in Marseille; died 1974 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).

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

    Born 1918 in Toulon (Var); died 1999 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).

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

    Born 1952 in Saint-Épain (Indre-et-Loire); died 2001 in Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez (Vendée).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Garza 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).

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