Garfjeld Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Garfjeld Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garfjeld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway141:367,30634,015
England11:55,718,059489,080

Garfjeld Last Name Facts

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

The last name Garfjeld is borne by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Garfjeld? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,057,639th most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Garfjeld reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 93 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Norway, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 367,306. In Norway Garfjeld is primarily found in: Northern Norway, where 71 percent reside and Eastern Norway, where 29 percent reside. Aside from Norway it exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent reside.

Garfjeld Last Name Statistics demography

Garfjeld earn significantly less than the average income. In Norway they earn 30.77% less than the national average, earning 239,583 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garfjell8826/
Harfjeld8813/
Garfields822/
Gairfield821/
Hgarfield821/
Garfiel808/
Gorfield756/
Hairfield71924/
Hearfield71360/
Harzfield710/
Horfield633/
Eurfield631/
Garfilova592/
Horffield592/

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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 Garfjeld
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