Garretson Surname

89,952nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,331 people bear this surname

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

Garretson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garretson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,3161:68,1837,928
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England21:27,859,030389,889
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0541:47,6465,452

Garretson (150) may also be a first name.

Garretson Last Name Facts

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

Garretson occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Garretson click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Garretson? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 89,952nd most commonly occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,367,013 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 82 percent of Garretson reside; 82 percent reside in North America and 82 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 752,187th most commonly held forename world-wide, borne by 150 people.

This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 5,316 people, or 1 in 68,183. In The United States Garretson is most prevalent in: California, where 9 percent reside, Texas, where 7 percent reside and Nevada, where 6 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 0 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.

Garretson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Garretson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Garretson surname expanded 504 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Garretson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Garretson surname are 10.97% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.74% being registered to vote for the political party.

Garretson earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.75% more than the national average, earning $44,336 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Garretson
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