Garfield Surname
Approximately 8,920 people bear this surname
Garfield Surname Definition:
(English) Dweller on the grassy land or pasture.
Garfield Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,592 | 1:54,985 | 6,559 |
| England | 1,275 | 1:43,700 | 5,549 |
| Canada | 240 | 1:153,523 | 15,602 |
| Australia | 215 | 1:125,561 | 13,746 |
| Wales | 129 | 1:23,989 | 2,518 |
| China | 39 | 1:35,059,527 | 1,855 |
| Northern Ireland | 33 | 1:55,910 | 4,502 |
| Jamaica | 29 | 1:98,964 | 4,125 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 27 | 1:4,088 | 658 |
| Israel | 26 | 1:329,140 | 27,831 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| Russia | 22 | 1:6,551,048 | 261,263 |
| Liberia | 20 | 1:220,427 | 14,169 |
| France | 20 | 1:3,321,136 | 213,627 |
| Scotland | 15 | 1:356,921 | 15,763 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| Hong Kong | 10 | 1:733,548 | 3,685 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | 1:194,854 | 9,403 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:12,260 | 2,387 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 3 | 1:11,443 | 596 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 1:56,330 | 1,327 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 463 | 1:52,647 | 6,344 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:142,583 | 5,610 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,056 | 1:47,556 | 5,445 |
Garfield (13,394) may also be a first name.
Garfield Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Dweller on the grassy land or pasture.
Local. Saxon, Garwian, to prepare; German and Dutch, gar, dressed, done, ready prepared, and field, a place where every thing is furnished necessary for an army.
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Garfield Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garfield Come From? nationality or country of origin
Garfield is most common in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Garfield.
How Common Is The Last Name Garfield? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 56,813th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 816,989 people. Garfield is primarily found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Garfield live; 69 percent live in North America and 69 percent live in Anglo-North America. Garfield is also the 50,232nd most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 13,394 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 6,592 people, or 1 in 54,985. In The United States Garfield is primarily found in: California, where 14 percent live, New York, where 8 percent live and Utah, where 6 percent live. Aside from The United States Garfield exists in 77 countries. It is also found in England, where 14 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.
Garfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Garfield has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Garfield last name grew 624 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 275 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 1,173 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Garfield Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Garfield surname are 6.69% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.46% being registered with the political party.
The amount Garfield earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 14.05% less than the national average, earning 297,469 kr per year; in United States they earn 11.23% more than the national average, earning $47,994 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.9% more than the national average, earning $55,594 CAD per year.
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