Garbovan Surname

1,828,462nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 102 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Garbovan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garbovan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania921:218,23821,332
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Gârbovan (30) are calculated separately.

Garbovan Last Name Facts

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

Garbovan is more frequently found in Romania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Gârbovan. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Garbovan? popularity and diffusion

Garbovan is the 1,828,462nd most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Garbovan live; 92 percent live in Eastern Europe and 90 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Romania, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 218,238. In Romania Garbovan is mostly found in: Cluj County, where 54 percent reside, Mureș County, where 34 percent reside and Ilfov County, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Romania this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 5 percent reside and Hungary, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gârbovan9630/
Garbovean941/
Garbovanova841/
Gherbovan8233/
Horbovan7513/
Garbawan755/
Gorbovanova749/
Arbaban67121/
Arbawan6710/
Arbaboun63114/
Arbaboon632/
Horbovanova631/
Arbabean631/
Garwhawong561/
Ghorbanpan561/
Ghorbavoond531/
Ghorbanppan531/
Armpawan501/

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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
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  • 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 Garbovan
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