Garment Surname

525,029th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 618 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hong Kong
Highest density in:
Hong Kong

Garment Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Garmond,' or 'Gardmund' (Yonge); v. Grimond. compare Raiment and Rayment, from Raymond; v. Rayment.

Garment Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hong Kong1691:43,405774
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
United States881:4,118,852221,730
England621:898,67846,462
Pakistan361:4,962,33032,327
Australia321:843,61652,533
Indonesia231:5,749,965259,967
India201:38,353,269431,471
China171:80,430,6804,441
Scotland141:382,41616,471
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Cambodia31:5,162,38210,688
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1081:225,69817,096
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Garment (3,163) may also be a first name.

Garment Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Garmond,' or 'Gardmund' (Yonge); v. Grimond. compare Raiment and Rayment, from Raymond; v. Rayment.

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

For Garmond or Garmund, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A corruption of the Anglo-Saxon personal name Garmund. Cod. Dipl. 978.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The same name as Garman, Gorman, Jarman, German, Jermain; from the Old German name Garmund (O. High German Germunt; in the Landnamabok, Geirmundr); from ger-mund, a defence in war. Hence, perhaps, by inverson the name Manger.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Garment Last Name Facts

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

The last name Garment (Bengali: গর্মেন্ট) is held by more people in Hong Kong than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Garment.

How Common Is The Last Name Garment? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 525,029th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 11,792,145 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 46 percent of Garment reside; 30 percent reside in East Asia and 30 percent reside in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 127,860th most common forename worldwide, held by 3,163 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Hong Kong, where it is borne by 169 people, or 1 in 43,405. Without taking into account Hong Kong it exists in 26 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 14 percent reside.

Garment Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Garment has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Garment surname rose 978 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 43 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Garment Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Garment are 26.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 73.33% being registered to vote for the political party.

Garment earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.81% more than the national average, earning $49,541 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garments9361/
Arment921,114/
Garmen92134/
Harment8679/
Armente8648/
Armendt8626/
Garmenn8623/
Garmend869/
Germent866/
Armenth865/
Armentz863/
Gorment863/
Arments862/
Garmien861/
Armentd860/
Garmn831/
Gourment8048/
Garmienė8022/
Armentte800/
Garmyn77178/
Garmin77134/
Gormen7730/
Armend7728/
Garmén777/
Orment771/
Garmín771/
Armint770/
Garmenova7543/
Armentova751/
Garming71126/
Horment7145/
Garmina7120/
Gourmen717/
Gormint717/
Ngarmin716/
Gharmin715/
Harmint714/
Garmijn713/
Gormehn711/
Garmind711/
Arminthe671/
Gourmend671/
Garminne670/
Gormn670/
Ghormoen670/

Garment Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Garment in the Bengali language
গর্মেন্টgarmenta33.33
গর্মেণ্টgarmenta22.22
গর্মেণ্টভাগgarmentabhaga11.11
গর্মেন্তgarmenta11.11
গরমেন্টgaramenta11.11
গর্মেন্ট্্garment11.11

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