Garfirth Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Garfirth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garfirth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England381:1,466,26563,675
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566

Garfirth Last Name Facts

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

Garfirth is found in England more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Garfirth? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,661,929th most numerous last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The last name Garfirth is mostly found in Europe, where 72 percent of Garfirth live; 72 percent live in Northern Europe and 72 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 38 people, or 1 in 1,466,265. In England it is most prevalent in: Northamptonshire, where 55 percent are found, Hampshire, where 21 percent are found and Buckinghamshire, where 13 percent are found. Beside England this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Australia, where 28 percent are found.

Garfirth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Garfirth has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 173 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garfert808/
Garfire806/
Garfertt750/
Arfert71124/
Garfer717/
Harfert67102/
Gerfurt6729/
Garffer6723/
Gerfert6712/
Ghorfir672/
Gorfier671/
Gorfire670/
Harfird670/
Harffert6319/
Goerfert631/
Gorfer57428/
Orfert5739/
Arfred5712/
Harferd536/
Horfert532/
Airfred531/
Gharphre501/
Gohrfred501/
Gorpfred500/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Garfirth
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