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Early Origins of the Garrow family

The surname Garrow was first found in Languedoc where they had been anciently seated in the seigneurie of d'Arreau, a village in the Hautes-Pyrénées in the arrondissement of Bagnères in the south-west of France.

Early History of the Garrow family

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Garrow Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Garreau, Gareau, Garreault, Gareault, Garron, Garon, Garren, Garau, Garaud, Garaude, Garault, Garaut, Garot, Garoui, Garraud, Garrault, Garraut, Garrot, Garroui, Garriau, Garriaud, Garriot, Garro, Garros, Garroutte, Garrot, Garrow, Garrod, Garroux, Le Garreau, Legarreau, Le Gareau, Legareau, Le Garault, du Garreau and many more.

Early Notables of the Garrow family

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Garrow Ranking

In the United States, the name Garrow is the 9,699th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


United States Garrow migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Garrow Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • David Garrow, who arrived in South Carolina in 1745 2
Garrow Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Mr. Garrow, who arrived in Mobile, Ala in 1822 2
  • Annie Garrow, aged 32, who settled in America, in 1895
Garrow Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Bessie Garrow, aged 22, who landed in America from Aberdeen, in 1905
  • David Garrow, aged 24, who settled in America from Granton, in 1906
  • Alexander Garrow, aged 34, who landed in America from Craigroy, Scotland, in 1911

Canada Garrow migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Garrow Settlers in Canada in the 20th Century
  • Catherine Garrow, aged 60, who settled in Ottawa, Canada, in 1921

Contemporary Notables of the name Garrow (post 1700) +

  • Brian Garrow (b. 1968), American former professional tennis player, ranked World No. 93 in late October, 1990
  • Nathaniel Garrow (1780-1841), American politician, U.S. Representative from New York
  • David J. Garrow (b. 1953), American historian
  • Sir William Garrow KC, SL, PC, FRS (1760-1840), English lawyer, Baron of the Exchequer, third son of the Rev. David Garrow of Hadley, Middlesex; he introduced the phrase "innocent until proven guilty" 3
  • James Mitchell Ellis Garrow (1865-1935), New Zealand teacher, industrial advocate, university registrar, lawyer and university professor
  • Captain Ian Grant Garrow DSO (1908-1976), Scottish army officer with the Highland Light Infantry
  • John Garrow (b. 1929), British nutritionist
  • James Thompson Garrow (1843-1916), Canadian lawyer and politician in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
  • Alexander "Alex" Garrow (1923-1966), Scottish politician
  • Garrow T. Geer Jr., American Republican politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 18th District, 1942 4


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 30 June 2020
  4. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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