Garnett

Garnett is the 3,451st most common surname in the United States, shared by 10,103 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 29,600.

By the numbers

People: 10,103
Rank: 3,451st
How common: 1 in 29,600
Per 100,000: 3.4

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Garnett described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 52.6%
Black, not Hispanic 36.8%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino 3.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Garnett

Kevin Garnett (born 1976)American basketball player
David Garnett (1892–1981)British writer and publisher
Tay Garnett (1894–1977)American film director and writer
Constance Garnett (1861–1946)English writer and translator
Richard B. Garnett (1817–1863)Confederate Army general
Carlos Garnett (1938–2023)Panamanian-American musician
Michael Garnett (born 1982)Canadian ice hockey player

People named Garnett with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Garnett

Also a first name

Garnett has been given to 6,641 American babies as a first name since 1881, peaking in 1920. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.