Garff Surname

755,622nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 379 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Denmark

Garff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3331:1,088,46579,042
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
Denmark131:434,20928,556
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Garff (21) may also be a first name.

Garff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Garff (Russian: Гарфф) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Garff? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 755,622nd most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,228,353 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Garff live; 87 percent live in North America and 87 percent live in Anglo-North America. Garff is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring forename in the world, borne by 21 people.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 333 people, or 1 in 1,088,465. In The United States it is primarily found in: Utah, where 76 percent are found, California, where 11 percent are found and New York, where 2 percent are found. Barring The United States it occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 6 percent are found and Denmark, where 3 percent are found.

Garff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Garff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Garff last name expanded 1,850 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Garff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Garff surname are 11.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.23% being registered with the political party.

Garff earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.24% more than the national average, earning $47,569 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garffe915/
Garf89413/
Arff89254/
Harff80916/
Gorff8069/
Garfe8066/
Garft8022/
Garfs8015/
Garfì806/
Gharf803/
Gerff802/
Airff802/
Gairf801/
Aarff801/
Arffe801/
Arzff801/
Garrf800/
Arf75934/
Aurffe731/
Arffss731/
Harrff731/
Harfft730/
Harf672,304/
Garb671,263/
Arft67373/
Arfe67369/
Orff67353/
Airf67137/
Arfh67124/
Gorf67119/
Arfs6778/
Aarf6759/
Asrf6750/
Garv6726/
Aurf6719/
Gerf6712/
Garw679/
Arwf676/
Arhf674/
Ahrf671/
Görf671/
Ayrf671/
Arfp671/
Arzf671/

Garff Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Garff in the Russian language
Гарффgarff-

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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
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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 Garff
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