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

Gartner, 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 Gartner surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Gartner in America

Gartner is the 6034th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Gartner surname appeared 5,694 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname Gartner.

We can also compare 2010 data for Gartner 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 Gartner

The surname Gartner has German origins, deriving from the Middle High German word "gartenaere" or "gartner," meaning "gardener." It originated as an occupational name for someone who worked as a gardener or cultivated a vegetable or ornamental garden.

This name first appeared in Bavaria and other southern German regions during the late medieval period, around the 13th and 14th centuries. It was common for people to adopt surnames based on their professions or trades at that time.

One of the earliest known records of the name Gartner can be found in the Stadtbuch (City Book) of Augsburg, a historical document from the 14th century, which lists several individuals with this surname.

In the 15th century, a man named Hans Gartner was recorded as a citizen of Nuremberg, one of the most prominent cities in the Holy Roman Empire during the Renaissance era.

During the 16th century, a notable figure named Johann Gartner (1512-1563) was a prominent German botanist and physician who authored several works on medicinal plants and their uses.

In the 18th century, a German mathematician and astronomer named Karl Friedrich Gartner (1772-1850) made significant contributions to the study of celestial mechanics and the calculation of comet orbits.

Another notable individual with this surname was the German philosopher and psychologist Eduard Gartner (1801-1877), who is known for his work on the philosophy of mind and his critique of Hegel's idealism.

In more recent history, the Austrian-born American physicist and Nobel laureate Walter Gartner (1924-2017) was recognized for his pioneering research in the field of semiconductor physics and the development of semiconductor devices.

As the surname Gartner spread across German-speaking regions, it also took on variations in spelling, such as Gärtner, Gaertner, or Gertner, which reflect regional dialects and linguistic changes over time.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Gartner

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

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 Gartner 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 Gartner 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 Gartner was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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