Find out how popular the last name Garside is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Garside.

Garside, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Garside surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Garside in America

Garside is the 22450th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Garside surname appeared 1,146 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Garside.

We can also compare 2010 data for Garside to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Garside

The surname Garside originated in the northern English counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire during the 12th century. It derives from the Old English words "gara" meaning a triangular piece of land, and "side" meaning a hillside or slope. Thus, the name refers to someone who lived by a triangular hillside or slope.

One of the earliest known records of the name dates back to 1275 in the Wakefield Manor Rolls, where it appears as "de Garsyde". This spelling variation was common during that era. Other early spellings included Garsyde, Garsyde, and Gairsyde.

The Garside name is not found in the famous Domesday Book of 1086, but it does appear in various tax rolls and parish records from the 14th century onwards. Some of these early records list individuals like John de Garsyde (1327) and Richard del Garsyde (1379) from Lancashire.

One of the first notable bearers of the name was John Garside (c.1550-1625), an English clergyman and scholar who served as the Rector of Wigan in Lancashire. Another early Garside of note was Roger Garside (c.1608-1670), a prosperous yeoman farmer from Yorkshire.

As the centuries passed, the Garside family spread across different parts of northern England. Prominent individuals included Samuel Garside (1736-1805), a successful merchant from Manchester, and Joseph Garside (1828-1891), a renowned landscape painter from Lancashire.

Other famous Garsides throughout history include Sir John Garside (1867-1953), a British civil engineer who helped construct the Manchester Ship Canal, and Edith Garside (1890-1975), an English writer and poet from Yorkshire.

While the Garside name originated in northern England, it eventually spread to other parts of the British Isles and beyond through migration and settlement patterns over the centuries. However, it maintains its roots in the historical regions of Lancashire and Yorkshire.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Garside

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Garside.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Garside was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Garside has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Garside was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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