Gareau Surname
Approximately 6,192 people bear this surname
Gareau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 4,697 | 1:7,844 | 1,153 |
| United States | 816 | 1:444,190 | 38,145 |
| France | 542 | 1:122,551 | 18,551 |
| Haiti | 85 | 1:125,693 | 5,747 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
Gareau Demographics
Average Male Gareau Height
172.92 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Gareau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gareau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gareau is borne by more people in Canada than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gareau? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 78,864th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,176,929 people. The surname Gareau occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Gareau are found; 88 percent are found in North America and 46 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Canada, where it is held by 4,697 people, or 1 in 7,844. In Canada Gareau is primarily found in: Quebec, where 56 percent reside, Ontario, where 22 percent reside and Saskatchewan, where 11 percent reside. Barring Canada it occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent reside and France, where 9 percent reside.
Gareau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gareau has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gareau last name grew 3,886 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gareau Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gareau surname are 10.79% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 64.02% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Gareau earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.44% more than the national average, earning $45,066 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.82% less than the national average, earning $46,294 CAD per year.
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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 Gareau
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