Garcao Surname

610,848th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 506 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal

Garcao Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garcao Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil3611:593,00422,114
Portugal851:122,5685,627
Angola251:1,079,5693,117
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
England81:6,964,757184,742
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295

The alternate forms: Garçao (42) are calculated separately.

Garcao Last Name Facts

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

Garcao has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can occur as a variant: Garçao. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Garcao? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 610,848th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 14,402,265 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Garcao are found; 72 percent are found in South America and 71 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The last name Garcao is most widely held in Brazil, where it is carried by 361 people, or 1 in 593,004. In Brazil it is most common in: Sergipe, where 28 percent live, São Paulo, where 21 percent live and Federal District, where 11 percent live. Other than Brazil this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 17 percent live and Angola, where 5 percent live.

Garcao Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Garcao earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 65.61% more than the national average, earning R 393,552 per year and in United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garçao9442/
Garciao9218/
Arcao9154/
Garzao83136/
Garcoa83100/
Garkao838/
Garcöa832/
Arcaos832/
Harcao831/
Arcaho831/
Garcõa831/
Garcóa831/
Garsao831/
Arceao831/
Garkaou7727/
Garchoa7714/
Garcioa7711/
Garcuia777/
Arcagio771/
Orcao735/
Arcoa735/
Arqao731/
Gorjao67396/
Garçoa6749/
Garsoa679/
Arkaou674/
Arcoho674/
Arcoat673/
Arcoha671/
Garçôa671/
Garzoa671/

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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 Garcao
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