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

The Garzon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,450 people carried this name — #7,487 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,200 people counted. That is up 48% from 3,002 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 8,362 people named Garzon 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 1,578
Jujuy 1,390
Salta 1,079
Córdoba 1,003
Tucumán 782
Santiago del Estero 691
City of Buenos Aires 558
Santa Fe 303

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

122 people named Garzon live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 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 34
Bern 17
Zurich 15
Vaud 14
Basel-Stadt 10
Fribourg 9
St. Gallen 8
Aargau 6

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 96 people named Garzon.

34 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Paris.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 34
Paris 11
Savoie 5
Creuse 4
Haute-Savoie 4
Hérault 4
Seine-Maritime 3
Seine-et-Marne 3
Nièvre 3

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

In the Nordic population registers

26 people named Garzon is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 26

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

Garzon in American newspapers,
1905–1913.

Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Garzon
The San Francisco Call 1913-09-15
Newspaper page from San Antonio Daily Light carrying the name Garzon
San Antonio Daily Light 1905-11-19
Newspaper page from San Antonio Daily Light carrying the name Garzon
San Antonio Daily Light 1906-09-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 535 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Garzon,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Max Garzon 1953– · computer scientist
  • Jaime Garzón 1960–1999 · dissident
  • Pierre Garzon 1974– · politician
  • Stefano Garzon 1981– · association football player
  • May Garzon 1990– · actor
  • Itsaso Garzon 2000– · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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