Garfil Surname

424,145th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 816 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Garfil Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garfil Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines8091:125,14021,464
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Garfil (14) may also be a first name.

Garfil Last Name Facts

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

The last name Garfil occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Garfil click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Garfil? popularity and diffusion

It is the 424,145th most widely held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 8,930,816 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Garfil live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Garfil is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 14 people.

The surname is most common in The Philippines, where it is borne by 809 people, or 1 in 125,140. In The Philippines it is mostly concentrated in: Western Visayas, where 67 percent live, National Capital Region, where 7 percent live and Calabarzon, where 5 percent live. Outside of The Philippines this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live and Afghanistan, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garfild9290/
Garfiel928/
Garfill921/
Arfil918/
Harfil8389/
Garfel8349/
Gorfil8347/
Arfiel831/
Garfilova802/
Arfl801/
Harfiel776/
Garflet775/
Garfeld774/
Garfelt774/
Garfell772/
Gerfiel771/
Harfill771/
Gorfill770/
Arfel7377/
Orfil731/
Garfeldt711/
Arfilova711/
Garfeeld711/
Hairfild710/
Görföl67264/
Arfelt6737/
Arfeld676/
Gorfel675/
Gerfel673/
Harfel672/

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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 Garfil
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