Garfoot Surname

421,345th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 823 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Garfoot Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garfoot Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5451:102,23510,753
United States1571:2,308,656143,524
Australia901:299,95226,269
Wales191:162,87011,152
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1071:227,80717,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:1,793,52492,026

Garfoot Last Name Facts

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

The last name Garfoot is found in England more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Garfoot? popularity and diffusion

Garfoot is the 421,345th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 8,854,855 people. The last name Garfoot occurs mostly in Europe, where 70 percent of Garfoot reside; 70 percent reside in Northern Europe and 70 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 545 people, or 1 in 102,235. In England Garfoot is most prevalent in: Lincolnshire, where 26 percent live, Leicestershire, where 10 percent live and Nottinghamshire, where 8 percent live. Not including England this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent live and Australia, where 11 percent live.

Garfoot Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Garfoot has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Garfoot last name expanded 509 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 561 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Garfoot Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Garfoot last name are 21.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68% being registered with the party.

Garfoot earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.16% more than the national average, earning $50,553 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garfoo922/
Harfoot86219/
Garfott861/
Garfoth861/
Garfo837/
Garfat7795/
Harfot7726/
Garfos774/
Garvfo772/
Arfout771/
Garfou771/
Garfut770/
Garfath7183/
Harfout711/
Garfatt711/
Gorfoth711/
Airfood711/
Arfoste711/
Garfoss711/
Garfate711/
Horfoot710/
Arfat6720,696/
Garfa6772/

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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 Garfoot
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