da Garcia Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
São Tomé and Príncipe

da Garcia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

da Garcia Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

da Garcia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name da Garcia Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname da Garcia occurs in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name da Garcia? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,360,413th most numerous surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name da Garcia is mostly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of da Garcia reside; 78 percent reside in South America and 67 percent reside in Luso-South America.

This last name is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 35,679,055. In Brazil da Garcia is most numerous in: São Paulo, where 50 percent live, Ceará, where 17 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 17 percent live. Aside from Brazil this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 11 percent live and São Tomé and Príncipe, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
da Garca941/
de Garcia89998/
di Garcia898/
do Garcia892/
da Arca881/
de Garcias842/
des Garcia841/
de Arcia82339/
de Garca829/
de Garcìa783/
De-Garcia783/
de Garcea781/
de Gercia781/
de Garcio781/
de Arca75450/
de Garceau747/
de Gourcia744/
de Garza7139/
de Orcia711/
de Arcoa711/
de Arco632,024/
de Arza6320/
De-Arca637/
do Arco632/
di Arco631/
de Orco501/
De-Arco501/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to da Garcia
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