Garland Family History
Garland Name Meaning
metonymic occupational name for a maker of garlands or
chaplets, perhaps also a habitational name from a house sign. The word
is first attested in the 14th century, from Old French, and appears to
be of Germanic origin.habitational name from a minor place, such
as Garland in Chulmleigh, Devon, named from Old English gara
‘triangular piece of land’ (see Gore) + land ‘cultivated
land’, ‘estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Garland Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Garland families
 122 - 241  41 - 121 |
 1 - 40  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Garland families
|
321 - 640 108 - 320 |
1 - 107 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Garland families
|
33 - 64 12 - 32 |
1 - 11 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Garland Family Origin
Garland Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Garland
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Garland Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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