Garf Surname

709,895th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 413 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Garf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt3051:301,42919,796
United States561:6,472,481306,764
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Kazakhstan31:5,894,165166,702
France21:33,211,361423,184
England21:27,859,030389,889
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Garf (65) may also be a first name.

Garf Last Name Facts

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

The surname Garf (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﺮﻑ, Russian: Гарф) is found in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Garf? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 709,895th most numerous last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 17,645,390 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 74 percent of Garf live; 74 percent live in North Africa and 74 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Garf is also the 1,212,820th most commonly used forename globally, held by 65 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is borne by 305 people, or 1 in 301,429. Not including Egypt Garf occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.

Garf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Garf has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Garf last name rose 295 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Garf Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Garf surname are 28.59% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 81.82% registered with the party.

The amount Garf earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 31.22% less than the national average, earning $29,677 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.2% less than the national average, earning $41,634 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garff89379/
Garfe8966/
Garft8922/
Garfs8915/
Garfì896/
Gharf893/
Gairf891/
Garrf890/
Arf86934/
Garffe805/
Harf752,304/
Garb751,263/
Arft75373/
Arfe75369/
Arff75254/
Airf75137/
Arfh75124/
Gorf75119/
Arfs7578/
Aarf7559/
Asrf7550/
Garv7526/
Aurf7519/
Gerf7512/
Garw759/
Arwf756/
Arhf754/
Arzf751/
Görf751/
Ahrf751/
Arfp751/
Ayrf751/
Gorfe674,523/
Harff67916/
Gaurv67593/
Harpf67228/
Gorff6769/
Ghorf6756/
Gharb6752/
Garvs6748/
Garbh6724/
Arpfe6717/
Garph6715/
Aarwf6713/
Hajrf6712/
Gorft6710/
Harfe678/
Gaarb678/
Airef676/
Aarfh674/
Gherf674/
Gaurw673/
Airff672/
Asrhf672/
Aharf672/
Ayref672/
Gerff672/
Gaurb672/
Gorfs671/
Arzff671/
Goerf671/
Harft671/
Aairf671/
Garvd671/
Garrv671/
Arwfh671/
Gourf671/
Aahrf671/
Gorhf671/
Hasrf671/
Aarfe671/
Aarff671/
Asrfe671/
Asrfh671/
Aurfe671/
Aarrf671/
Gahrw671/
Arffe671/
Hgarw671/
Gorpf670/
Garvt670/
Harrf670/
Haarf670/
Harfs670/
Gierf670/

Garf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Garf in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻗﺮﻑqrf-
Garf in the Russian language
Гарфgarf-

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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 Garf
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