de La Garza Surname

29,439th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Mexico

de La Garza Surname Definition:

This could have various meanings. "Garza" means grey eyes.

The name could originate with the place name Garza and La Zarza in Spain. If "garza" comes from "garcía," then the word does not mean heron but bear. Garza might also come from the French "garçon.

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de La Garza 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
Mexico15,8371:7,838882
United States2,2051:164,38016,702
Spain661:708,36430,810
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Australia161:1,687,23181,699
Curaçao141:11,232389
Singapore131:423,66918,211
France111:6,038,429280,838
England101:5,571,806158,774
Costa Rica91:531,1194,381
Panama71:558,8949,437
Chile61:2,936,07935,997
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Ecuador41:3,976,46228,589
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
China31:455,773,85521,925
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Tonga11:107,313791
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
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de La Garza Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This could have various meanings. "Garza" means grey eyes.

The name could originate with the place name Garza and La Zarza in Spain. If "garza" comes from "garcía," then the word does not mean heron but bear. Garza might also come from the French "garçon." The latter is unlikely.

Garza, Galician name from San Juan de Tor, division of Monforte de Lemos of Lugo.

See Garza.

— Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods
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de La Garza Demographics

Average de La Garza Salary in
United States

$52,616 USD

Per year
Rank:
338,515 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000366461
Rank: 25,658 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
121.94%
Sample size: 594 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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de La Garza Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de La Garza Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name de La Garza occurs most in Mexico. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de La Garza? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 29,439th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 400,305 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of de La Garza reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 87 percent reside in Hispano-North America.

The last name de La Garza is most frequently occurring in Mexico, where it is held by 15,837 people, or 1 in 7,838. In Mexico de La Garza is most frequent in: Nuevo León, where 41 percent live, Tamaulipas, where 20 percent live and Coahuila, where 12 percent live. Aside from Mexico it is found in 40 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 12 percent live and Spain, where 0 percent live.

de La Garza Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de La Garza earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 21.94% more than the national average, earning $52,616 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.16% more than the national average, earning $57,714 CAD per year.

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de La Garca912/
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