Garcia

1,149,510 people in the United States were counted with the surname Garcia in the 2020 census, making it the 6th most common in the country. That is about one person in 260.

By the numbers

People: 1,149,510
Rank: 6th
How common: 1 in 260
Per 100,000: 384.6

Where the name comes from

Origin Spanish

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Garcia described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Hispanic or Latino 91.2%
White, not Hispanic 5.7%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.6%
Black, not Hispanic 0.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Garcia

Federico García Lorca (1898–1936)Spanish poet, dramatist and prose writer
Alan García (1949–2019)President of Peru (1985–1990 and 2006–2011)
Andy Garcia (born 1956)American actor and director
Gael García Bernal (born 1978)Mexican actor and producer
Alfonso García Robles (1911–1991)Mexican diplomat and politician
Eric García (born 2001)Spanish association football player
Raúl García (born 1986)Spanish footballer
Javi García (born 1987)Spanish footballer

People named Garcia with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Garcia

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.