Garfield Forename

50,232nd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 13,394 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Garfield Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: Spear-field, its signification a battlefield. Surname of president, United States of America.

Garfield Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
5,5291:65,5703,367
Jamaica-3,2331:892229
Canada
100%
1,5471:21,4181,893
England
100%
8331:66,7502,868
Guyana
100%
4191:1,822345
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
2851:4,777828
South Africa
100%
2451:222,58213,888
Wales
100%
1741:17,7831,054
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
1101:1,014147
Antigua and Barbuda-991:1,004181
Barbados-931:3,116586
Bahamas-811:4,930785
China-661:20,697,81560,420
Zimbabwe
100%
661:233,69413,428
Philippines
100%
651:1,630,91538,369
Papua New Guinea
100%
531:153,81713,456
Saint Lucia
100%
381:4,679797
India
100%
361:33,746,610665,083
Cayman Islands
100%
291:2,114469
Grenada
100%
251:4,325740
Belize
100%
251:14,1721,847
Indonesia-241:10,748,486334,727
Hong Kong-241:323,0303,752
United States Virgin Islands-231:4,772795
Saint Kitts and Nevis
100%
211:2,612559
Australia-211:650,3639,310
Thailand
100%
191:3,687,67478,779
New Zealand-181:252,0027,674
Panama
100%
151:260,4379,109
Liberia
100%
141:315,1479,860
British Virgin Islands-141:2,232502
Scotland
100%
131:411,5675,527
Brazil
100%
91:23,804,017218,524
Russia
100%
81:18,029,21355,117
Malaysia
100%
81:3,806,24294,684
Aruba-81:12,9721,901
Zambia-81:1,981,84920,512
Germany
79%
 
81:12,084,73438,839
Peru
100%
51:6,358,29142,272
Nicaragua
100%
51:1,203,66714,616
Mexico
100%
51:24,828,88553,479
Dominican Republic-41:2,607,81819,206
Singapore-41:1,571,76418,508
Chile
67%
 
41:4,401,80221,957
Azerbaijan-31:3,214,31527,427
France
100%
31:22,156,78046,973
Montserrat-31:1,625276
Iceland-21:183,0085,215
Northern Ireland
100%
21:921,5733,058
Anguilla-21:6,628945
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Turkey-21:38,900,85464,839
Haiti-21:5,363,47632,317
Taiwan-21:11,884,841132,786
Spain-21:23,264,98224,876
South Korea-21:2,772,21027,911
Dominica-21:37,736863
Belgium
100%
21:5,745,02030,381
Norway-21:2,566,16424,989
Suriname-11:552,8115,457
Madagascar-11:23,629,4086,628
Faroe Islands
100%
11:49,1272,467
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484
Uzbekistan-11:30,786,44017,476
Macau-11:608,2092,350
Argentina
100%
11:42,773,24343,333
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Netherlands
83%
 
11:16,902,08343,152
Ireland
100%
11:4,643,51913,375
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Kyrgyzstan-11:5,973,27746,622
Switzerland
57%
 
11:8,213,49636,387
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Sudan-11:37,806,97510,689
Brunei-11:419,5703,266
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Maldives-11:433,9035,827
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Belarus
100%
11:9,482,38420,892
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Bermuda-11:64,8262,481
Costa Rica-11:4,767,94827,206
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040

Garfield (8,920) may also be a surname.

Garfield Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: Spear-field, its signification a battlefield. Surname of president, United States of America.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Garfield Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garfieldt944/
Gharfield942/
Garfild93138/
Garfeld9311/
Gerfield884/
Garffild882/
Girfield881/
Gaarfild881/
Gerfeld804/
Grefeld801/
Gerfeldt752/
Grifilde751/
Garphilde711/

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