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Garnett Name Meaning
from Old French Guarinot, Warinot, a pet
form of the personal name Guarin, Warin, from Germanic
wari(n)- ‘protection’, ‘shelter’.possibly a metonymic
occupational name for a maker or fitter of garnets, a type of hinge,
Middle English garnette, or for a jeweler, from Middle English
garnette, gernet ‘garnet’.from a diminutive
of Garner 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Garnett Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Garnett families
 96 - 189  33 - 95 |
 1 - 32  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Garnett families
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604 - 1,205 202 - 603 |
1 - 201 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Garnett families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Garnett Family Origin
Garnett Immigration Information
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Garnett Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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