Garfs Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Garfs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Garfs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garfs Come From? nationality or country of origin
Garfs is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Garfs.
How Common Is The Last Name Garfs? popularity and diffusion
The last name Garfs is the 5,057,639th most frequently used last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Garfs reside; 80 percent reside in Western Europe and 80 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 6,708,788. In Germany it is most numerous in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 83 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 8 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 8 percent are found. Beside Germany Garfs occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garf | 89 | 413 | / |
| Arfs | 89 | 78 | / |
| Garbs | 80 | 401 | / |
| Garff | 80 | 379 | / |
| Garfe | 80 | 66 | / |
| Garvs | 80 | 48 | / |
| Garft | 80 | 22 | / |
| Garfì | 80 | 6 | / |
| Gharf | 80 | 3 | / |
| Gorfs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gerfs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gairf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Garrf | 80 | 0 | / |
| Harfs | 80 | 0 | / |
| Harfst | 73 | 826 | / |
| Garffe | 73 | 5 | / |
| Harrfs | 73 | 5 | / |
| Arffss | 73 | 1 | / |
| Garb | 67 | 1,263 | / |
| Garbsch | 67 | 192 | / |
| Arbs | 67 | 144 | / |
| Gorf | 67 | 119 | / |
| Garv | 67 | 26 | / |
| Garw | 67 | 9 | / |
| Arvs | 67 | 3 | / |
| Arws | 67 | 3 | / |
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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 Garfs
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