Explore the Family Name Garden
The meaning of Garden
1. English and Scottish: metonymic occupational name for a gardener or topographic name for one who lived by a garden, from Middle English, Older Scots gardin, garde(i)n ‘garden; enclosed area for ground for cultivation’, Old French gardin. Compare Gardner. 2. German (North Rhine-Westphalia): patronymic from Gard or Garde. 3. French: occupational name for a guardian, from gardenc, an old derivative of Old French garde ‘watch, protection’. This surname is rare in France.
Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.
How common is the last name Garden in the United States?
According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Garden has experienced a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the name had a ranking of 14,158, which slipped to 15,309 by 2010, marking an 8.13% drop. The actual count of people bearing the surname also decreased slightly from 1,947 in 2000 to 1,917 in 2010, indicating a 1.54% decrease. Consequently, the proportion of people with the Garden surname per 100,000 people declined by 9.72%.
| 2000 | 2010 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | #14,158 | #15,309 | -8.13% |
| Count | 1,947 | 1,917 | -1.54% |
| Proportion per 100k | 0.72 | 0.65 | -9.72% |
Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Garden
In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census provides some interesting shifts in the distribution for the Garden surname from 2000 to 2010. The percentage of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander more than doubled from 0.41% to 0.73%. There was also a notable increase in those identifying with two or more races, rising from 1.23% to 1.56%, and those identifying as Hispanic, increasing from 6.47% to 9.23%. Conversely, there was a small decline in those identifying as White, from 65.38% down to 63.38%, and Black, from 26.04% to 24.73%. The American Indian and Alaskan Native group saw the most significant decrease, dropping by 19.57% from 0.46% to 0.37%.
| 2000 | 2010 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| White | 65.38% | 63.38% | -3.06% |
| Black | 26.04% | 24.73% | -5.03% |
| Hispanic | 6.47% | 9.23% | 42.66% |
| Two or More Races | 1.23% | 1.56% | 26.83% |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 0.41% | 0.73% | 78.05% |
| American Indian and Alaskan Native | 0.46% | 0.37% | -19.57% |