Gardner Surname

2,051st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 266,793 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island

Gardner Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the gardener.' As might be expected, a familiar entry in every mediaeval record. The large number of representatives in the London Directory indirectly proves the popularity of the avocation.

Geoffrey le Gardiner, Oxfordshire, 1273.

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Gardner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States188,7131:1,921173
England35,4651:1,571177
Australia14,9651:1,804224
Canada9,4161:3,913518
Scotland3,6351:1,473260
New Zealand2,5521:1,774228
Jamaica2,4931:1,151209
South Africa2,0361:26,6103,409
Wales1,9991:1,548148
Thailand6861:102,97114,853
Northern Ireland6081:3,035611
Germany2191:367,60535,039
Liberia2001:22,0432,174
Spain2001:233,76015,329
Ireland1991:23,6632,297
France1731:383,94656,838
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Antigua and Barbuda1551:640106
Zimbabwe1451:106,47114,772
Mexico1401:886,61612,288
India1361:5,640,187135,419
Trinidad and Tobago1261:10,8251,479
Brazil1131:1,894,46360,739
Philippines1131:895,91381,345
Singapore1031:53,4732,131
Russia971:1,485,805102,006
Netherlands961:175,90825,337
Sweden951:103,6507,490
Japan941:1,360,04623,299
Portugal851:122,5685,627
Dominican Republic771:135,4935,426
Guyana751:10,1631,520
Guernsey731:883146
Israel731:117,22812,979
Zambia641:247,65515,017
Switzerland611:134,63813,235
Bahrain591:22,8584,582
Denmark521:108,55210,139
Italy501:1,223,13475,323
Bahamas481:8,161696
Panama471:83,2403,379
Bermuda411:1,592254
Seychelles411:2,253462
Jersey391:2,544430
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Belgium381:302,54335,124
Isle of Man381:2,258440
Malaysia381:776,16436,096
Honduras351:251,8982,491
United States Virgin Islands351:3,154532
Norway331:155,82719,235
Iraq261:1,346,98715,017
China241:56,971,7323,099
Costa Rica241:199,1702,552
Czechia231:462,32550,029
Nigeria231:7,701,859170,290
Poland231:1,652,55491,394
Hong Kong221:333,4313,127
New Caledonia211:13,1533,514
Nicaragua211:286,7192,940
Chile191:927,18319,125
Norfolk Island141:16417
Tanzania131:4,072,43252,852
South Korea121:4,270,021781
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
Cayman Islands101:6,389805
Cuba91:1,280,3027,343
Finland91:610,74534,002
British Virgin Islands71:4,513453
Croatia71:604,08640,820
Vietnam71:13,235,1512,948
Austria61:1,419,23986,529
Belarus61:1,583,51089,472
Ecuador61:2,650,97426,148
Greece61:1,846,63289,049
Pakistan61:29,773,98192,487
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Saint Lucia61:29,7971,820
Afghanistan51:6,430,63727,710
Ghana51:5,404,13815,377
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Saint Kitts and Nevis51:11,040818
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Brunei41:104,6832,048
Curaçao41:39,312638
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Malta41:107,5681,849
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
Angola31:8,996,40511,732
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Anguilla21:6,718471
Barbados21:143,7241,981
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Gabon21:944,5976,773
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
North Macedonia21:1,050,73626,362
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Sri Lanka21:10,404,28018,448
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha11:5,854177
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Tonga11:107,313791
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland8341:5,312887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England16,4981:1,477179
Scotland3,5211:1,063185
Wales3651:4,297304
Guernsey511:640106
Jersey161:3,243531
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States36,6901:1,369136

The alternate forms: Gärdner (2) & Gärdnér (15) are calculated separately.

Gardner (3,857) may also be a first name.

Gardner Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the gardener.' As might be expected, a familiar entry in every mediaeval record. The large number of representatives in the London Directory indirectly proves the popularity of the avocation.

Geoffrey le Gardiner, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Richard le Gardiner, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Ralph le Gardener, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

William le Gardiner, or Gardener, Lincolnshire, ibid.

William Gardinar, Lancashire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Gilbert de Ilkeley, 9 Edward III: Freemen of York.

William le Gardener, Close Rolls, 8 Edward I.

Thomas Gardiner, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Thomas Garchiner, 1379: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-French-Teut.) Gardener [Middle English gardin, a garden + the agential suff. -er; Old French gardin (French jardin), O.Frank. gardin (= O.H.Ger. gartin) obl. case of gardo, a yard or garden]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English, French) One who tended a garden, cultivating flowers and vegetables.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

(English, Scottish) The Gardner surname means 'gardener'.

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Gardner Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gardner Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gardner (Arabic: جاردنر, Hindi: गार्डनर, Marathi: गाडर्नर, Russian: Гарднер) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Gärdner or Gärdnér. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gardner? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,051st most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 27,315 people. The surname Gardner is mostly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Gardner are found; 74 percent are found in North America and 74 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Gardner is also the 113,068th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 3,857 people.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 188,713 people, or 1 in 1,921. In The United States Gardner is most common in: California, where 8 percent live, Texas, where 8 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Excluding The United States it is found in 148 countries. It is also found in England, where 13 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

Gardner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gardner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gardner last name increased 514 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 215 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 103 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 548 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 76 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Gardner Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Gardner surname is primarily Presbyterian (53%) in Ireland, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Sunni (50%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Gardner last name are 12.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.33% being registered with the party.

The amount Gardner earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 22.15% more than the national average, earning €36,683 per year; in Norway they earn 25.05% less than the national average, earning 259,400 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 39.01% more than the national average, earning R 330,336 per year; in United States they earn 1.11% less than the national average, earning $42,671 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.79% more than the national average, earning $52,062 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gardner Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gardner in the Hindi language
गार्डनरgardanara-
Gardner in the Marathi language
गाडर्नरgadarnara-
Gardner in the Russian language
Гарднерgardner-
Gardner in the Arabic language
جاردنرjardnr-
غاردنرghardnr-

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Gardner Reference & Research

Girdner DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Gardner Y-DNA FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

Girdner FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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