How common is the last name Garcia?

1,149,510 people in the United States have the last name Garcia, about 1 in 260. It ranks #6 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

GARCIA

#6

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
1,149,510
About
1 in 260
This common or more
3.2%
Who bears it

Of the 1,149,510 people with the last name Garcia, 91.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 5.7% as White and 1.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Garcia

#4 Brown · 1,386,083#5 Jones · 1,383,250#7 Miller · 1,129,186#8 Rodriguez · 1,085,838

Spelled almost the same

7 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Garcia, most common first.

#30,035 Garcea · 835#33,969 Garzia · 720#35,918 Garsia · 672#37,540 Garci · 637#46,403 Garcha · 495#72,473 Garcie · 289#142,788 Gargia · 119

Also a first name

As a first name, Garcia ranks #8,346 of 53,615, with 1,742 people. See Garcia as a first name

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