Explore the Family Name Garling

The meaning of Garling

1. German: northern variant of Gerling. 2. English (southeastern): variant of Garlinge, a habitational name presumably from Garlinge (Kent), but medieval evidence for a surname derived from this place is missing.

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How common is the last name Garling in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Garling has increased from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, the Garling surname ranked 23,480 in popularity, but it climbed to 21,986 by 2010, indicating a 6.36% increase in rank. The number of people with this surname also rose from 1,009 in 2000 to 1,180 in 2010, a growth of 16.95%. Furthermore, the proportion per 100,000 people bearing this surname saw an 8.11% uptick within the same decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#23,480	#21,986	6.36%
Count	1,009	1,180	16.95%
Proportion per 100k	0.37	0.4	8.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Garling

The Decennial U.S. Census also provides information on the ethnic identity associated with the Garling surname. Between 2000 and 2010, there was a notable rise of 72.46% in individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, though the overall percentage remained low at 1.19%. Those identifying with two or more races became part of the demographic in 2010, while the percentage of people identifying as White slightly decreased by 1.36%. Meanwhile, the Hispanic ethnicity saw a 20.2% increase, even as the percentage of those identifying as Black dipped by 12.32%. Data for American Indian and Alaskan Native identities were suppressed in 2000, but by 2010, they made up 0.51% of the Garling surname holders.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.56%	92.29%	-1.36%
Black	4.06%	3.56%	-12.32%
Two or More Races	0%	1.27%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.69%	1.19%	72.46%
Hispanic	0.99%	1.19%	20.2%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.51%	0%