Patronymic Meaning: From the medieval Spanish given name García
- US rank
- #6
- People with this name
- 1,149,510
- How rare
- 1 in 288
Ethnicity of people with this surname
- White6%
- Hispanic or Latino91%
- Black1%
- Asian or Pacific Islander2%
- Two or more races0%
- American Indian or Alaska Native0%
Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census surname file (156,619 surnames shared by 100 or more people).
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- US rank: where the name falls among all US surnames. Smith is #1.
- People with this name: how many people in the 2020 Census reported this last name.
- How rare: 1 in N means there is one person with the name for every N people in the US.
- Ethnicity mix: the share of people with the name in each Census group. It describes the people with the name today, not where the name comes from.
If your name isn’t found, fewer than 100 people reported it, so the Census doesn’t publish it. That makes it very rare indeed.
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Why are the ethnicity numbers shown as percentages?
The Census publishes, for each surname, the share of people in each group. We show those shares as bars.
Can I see how many people have my first and last name together?
No public data covers full names, so no tool can count that exactly. You can look up each part: first names here are from Census first-name data, and the last name result above shows your surname.