Garr

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See also: garr and ġarr

English

Etymology

As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, shortened from McGarr, from macc an gearr (“son of the short man”).
As a German surname, from Gorr, shortened from Gregor, as well as from Karre (“cart”).

Proper noun

Garr (plural Garrs)

A surname.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Garr is the 10197^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3160 individuals. Garr is most common among White (78.64%) and Black/African American (14.08%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Garr”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 17.

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