Garlic Surname

796,486th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 353 people bear this surname

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

Garlic Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'a garlick-monger' (which see), or a peasant; one who smelt of garlick. But the first solution is probably the correct one; v. Peppercorn, where a spicer is so called in 1379. Nothing could be more natural than such a sobriquet.

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Garlic Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2871:1,262,92389,039
England241:2,321,58686,519
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
China31:455,773,85521,925
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1351:180,55814,908
Wales51:313,68310,604
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2231:225,19619,055

Garlic (33) may also be a first name.

Garlic Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'a garlick-monger' (which see), or a peasant; one who smelt of garlick. But the first solution is probably the correct one; v. Peppercorn, where a spicer is so called in 1379. Nothing could be more natural than such a sobriquet. Lancashire and Yorkshire were strongly represented by this name; they are so still.

Robert Garlec, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Margareta Garlek, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Henry Garlycke, Patent Roll.

William Garleke, of Poulton, 1560: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.

Jane Garlic, of Thornton, 1661: ibid.

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

In the H.R., Garlec, which looks like a sobriquet: otherwise it might be a contraction of Garlwick, the name of a place.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

i. q. the German name Gerlach; from ger-leich, lick, warlike.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

William Garlick was one of the Marlborough burgesses in 1711 (W.). This is also an ancient name in the east of England. In the 13th century it occurred as Garlec in Cambridgeshire and as Garlek in Norfolk (H. R.). Nicholas Garlick, a Roman Catholic priest of Dinting, Derbyshire, suffered martyrdom for his religion at Derby in 1588 (Wood's "Eyam.").

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Garlic Last Name Facts

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

The surname Garlic is found most in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Garlic? popularity and diffusion

It is the 796,486th most frequently used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 20,644,606 people. The surname Garlic is primarily found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Garlic are found; 80 percent are found in North America and 80 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Garlic is also the 1,807,719th most prevalent given name worldwide, borne by 33 people.

The surname Garlic is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 287 people, or 1 in 1,262,923. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New Jersey, where 21 percent reside, Virginia, where 14 percent reside and Maryland, where 13 percent reside. Not including The United States Garlic occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in England, where 7 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.

Garlic Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Garlic has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 129 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 82 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Garlic Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Garlic surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% registered with the party.

Garlic earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.75% more than the national average, earning $47,358 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garlick929,988/
Garlich92555/
Garlicz921/
Garlisch86183/
Garlichs86159/
Garlitch8637/
Garlicke8612/
Garlicsh861/
Garleich861/
Garllick861/
Garliche860/
Garlik83184/
Garlis8358/
Gorlic8334/
Garlec831/
Garellick8056/
Gahrlichs801/
Garlitz771,057/
Gorlick77484/
Garlits77139/
Gorlich77121/
Garlish7763/
Garlike7719/
Garliks774/
Garlech771/
Garliok771/
Garlais771/
Garleck770/
Garlizk770/
Garrellick752/
Garlitts719/
Garellis715/
Garellik715/
Garleigh715/
Gorllick712/
Garillis711/
Gorlisch711/
Garleitz711/
Garliots711/
Gorleick711/
Garlesch710/
Goorlich710/
Garlique710/
Gourlick710/
Garlej67625/
Gorlik67146/
Garlík6798/
Garles6767/
Garlikova6766/
Gorellick673/
Garlez673/
Garlès672/
Gorliz672/
Gorlishch671/
Gorlis671/
Garlittze671/

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