Garza
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Garza is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Guatemala it is the 71st most common surname. Recorded meaning: from garza ‘heron’, probably applied as a nickname for someone with long legs.
- GTGuatemala≈1 in 869(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 2.3K
- CACanada≈1 in 2.6K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 435 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 869 (inferred from the name graph)
147,005 people, 2010
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Guatemala, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from garza ‘heron’, probably applied as a nickname for someone with long legs.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Garza counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #722 | 147,005 | 1 in 2.3K | 147K | Garza | 435 |
| CN China | — | ≈93,000 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Garza | 11 |
| GT Guatemala | #71 | ≈20,000 est. | ≈1 in 869 | — | Garza | 25 |
| CA Canada | #996 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | — | Garza | 62 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.3K | listed | Garza | 56 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈7,900 est. | ≈1 in 4.1K | — | Garza | 25 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈6,200 est. | ≈1 in 1K | — | Garza | 5 |
147,005 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Garza is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Spanish, heron
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Italian, gauze (fabric)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Asturian, heron (bird)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Pablo González Garzab. 1879MXMexican army general and politician (1879–1950)
- Jaime Garzab. 1954MXMexican actor and writer (1954-2021)
- Cristina Rivera Garzab. 1964MXMexican writer and professor
- Manuel Uribeb. 1965MXnot in their usual namethird-heaviest person in history
- Eduardo Garzab. 1976MXMexican voice actor
- Alicia Garzab. 1981USAmerican activist and writer (born 1981)
- Christian Chávezb. 1983USnot in their usual nameMexican singer and actor
- Polo Morínb. 1990MXnot in their usual nameMexican actor
- Angel Garzab. 1992MXMexican professional wrestler
- Luka Garzab. 1998USAmerican-Bosnian basketball player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 31 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 147K | #186 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 145K | #189 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 124K | #220 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Garza mean, and where does it come from?
- from garza ‘heron’, probably applied as a nickname for someone with long legs. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- In which country does Garza have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 147 thousand people named Garza, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled garza.
- How common is the name Garza?
- In the United States, the national register counted 147,005 people named Garza in 2010, about 1 in 2.3 thousand residents.
- How common is Garza compared with other names?
- In the United States, Garza is the 722nd most common surname of 6,282,806 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/garzaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Garza” — the 722nd most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.