Garlick Surname

51,317th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,988 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Garlick 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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Garlick Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,4861:15,9832,330
United States3,2471:111,62912,123
Australia2,0561:13,1301,898
New Zealand4121:10,9911,921
Canada3251:113,37112,083
South Africa1511:358,79332,710
Wales1231:25,1592,628
Northern Ireland401:46,1264,031
Scotland271:198,29010,618
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Isle of Man81:10,7282,153
Chile71:2,516,63933,195
India61:127,844,230863,365
France61:11,070,454349,096
Belize51:71,0952,977
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
China21:683,660,78330,601
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Malta11:430,2723,380
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland131:340,75912,983
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,5791:9,4511,418
Scotland571:65,6703,971
Wales91:174,2686,522
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7711:65,1347,100

Garlick (34) may also be a first name.

Garlick 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

(Anglo-French-Teut.) English corruption of French Gerlac(h, Teutonic Gerlac = Spear-Play or -Contest [Teutonic gér, gár, spear + lác, play, contest] (English) a nickname or sign-name from the vegetable, lit. ‘spear-leek’ [Old English gár, a spear + leác, a leek]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Warlike” in Anglo-Saxon, (Ger-Lach).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

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

For Garlec or Garlayk. John Garlayk of Bretagne, and John Garlec, occur t. Henry V. (Mem. Soc. Ant. Norm. v. 216,246). Probably a corruption of Gerloch, a Breton name.

The Norman People (1874)

From the German, Gawlick; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

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

Garlick Last Name Facts

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

Garlick has its highest incidence in England. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Garlick? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 51,317th most prevalent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 729,630 people. Garlick occurs mostly in Europe, where 37 percent of Garlick reside; 37 percent reside in Northern Europe and 37 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 1,775,424th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 34 people.

The surname Garlick is most common in England, where it is borne by 3,486 people, or 1 in 15,983. In England Garlick is primarily concentrated in: Greater Manchester, where 13 percent are found, West Yorkshire, where 8 percent are found and Greater London, where 8 percent are found. Aside from England this last name is found in 44 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent are found and Australia, where 21 percent are found.

Garlick Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Garlick has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Garlick last name grew 135 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 421 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,367 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 53 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Garlick Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Garlick surname is primarily Anglican (77%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Garlick surname are 15.87% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.64% being registered with the party.

The amount Garlick earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 175.45% more than the national average, earning 953,287 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 8.78% more than the national average, earning R 258,492 per year; in United States they earn 4.02% more than the national average, earning $44,884 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.79% less than the national average, earning $49,292 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garlicke9312/
Garllick931/
Gaerlick930/
Garlic92353/
Garlik92184/
Garellick8856/
Gorlick86484/
Gerlick86219/
Garlike8619/
Garliks864/
Garluck862/
Garliok861/
Garlizk860/
Garleck860/
Garrellick822/
Goerlick807/
Garellik805/
Gorllick802/
Gehrlick801/
Garlicsh801/
Gorleick801/
Gourlick800/
Gorlik77146/
Garlík7798/
Gerlik7760/
Gorlic7734/
Garlec771/
Garlikova7566/
Gorellick753/
Gierlik71192/
Gerlikh7138/
Gierlic7111/
Gorluik716/
Gerluck711/
Gherlic711/
Garleak710/
Gorleck710/
Garellek6751/
Gourluck6724/
Gourleck679/
Garleigh675/
Garlique670/

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