Garciau Surname

1,374,607th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 160 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Garciau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Garciau 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
France1501:442,81863,836
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Garciau Last Name Facts

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

The surname Garciau is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Garciau.

How Common Is The Last Name Garciau? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,374,607th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. The last name Garciau occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Garciau live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in France, where it is borne by 150 people, or 1 in 442,818. In France it is primarily found in: Pays de la Loire, where 82 percent live, Île-de-France, where 14 percent live and Brittany, where 1 percent live. Aside from France it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 5 percent live and Spain, where 1 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
Garciaux931/
Garciou866/
Garcioux8020/
Garceeau802/
Harchaou67267/
Artchaou671/
Aharchaou63363/
Ghercioiu63144/
Arzoiu62227/
Ouhrchaou501/

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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 Garciau
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