Garfer Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Spain

Garfer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garfer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Garfer Last Name Facts

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

Garfer is borne by more people in Mexico than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Garfer.

How Common Is The Last Name Garfer? popularity and diffusion

Garfer is the 7,117,718th most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 43 percent of Garfer are found; 43 percent are found in North America and 29 percent are found in Hispano-North America.

It is most commonly used in Mexico, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 62,063,102. In Mexico Garfer is most prevalent in: Mexico City, where 50 percent reside and San Luis Potosí, where 50 percent reside. Aside from Mexico this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 29 percent reside and Germany, where 14 percent reside.

Garfer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Garfer has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garffer9223/
Garfert928/
Garfe9166/
Arfer9124/
Garfertt860/
Gorfer83428/
Arfert83124/
Gerfer8343/
Garfee8338/
Garfey836/
Garffe835/
Garfes834/
Garfie832/
Garfei831/
Harfer831/
Garfet831/
Garfea831/
Arfeur831/
Arfeer831/
Arffer831/
Garfej831/
Harfert77102/
Gharfeh7727/
Garffie7711/
Harpfer778/
Garfire776/
Harferd776/
Gorfier771/
Harffer771/
Garfett770/
Garfeas770/
Harferr770/
Harfier770/
Gorfe734,523/
Garfi73387/
Arfir7382/
Garfa7372/
Arfre7332/
Orfer7317/
Garfy731/
Garfí731/
Garfirth7153/
Harffert7119/
Arferova711/
Garfio67954/
Orffer67244/
Gharfi67181/
Arfire67107/
Garfit6799/
Orfert6739/
Orfeur6735/
Gorfie6718/
Garfis6713/
Gharfa6712/
Horfer672/
Garfai672/
Garfiz671/
Garvfi671/
Ngarfi671/
Gorfeh671/
Garfaa671/
Garffi671/

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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 Garfer
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