Garhöfer Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Garhöfer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garhöfer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria591:144,32919,392
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Garhofer (141) are calculated separately.

Garhöfer Last Name Facts

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

Garhöfer is found most in Austria. It may also occur as a variant: Garhofer. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Garhöfer? popularity and diffusion

The last name Garhöfer is the 2,273,756th most numerous last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname Garhöfer occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Garhöfer reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Austria, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 144,329. In Austria it is primarily found in: Vienna, where 85 percent reside and Lower Austria, where 15 percent reside. Barring Austria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 14 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garhofer96141/
Arhöfer939/
Garhoefer821/
Orhöfer801/
Gerhofer7592/
Harhofer751/
Haarhofer7120/
Garofe7111/
Garafe713/
Arefer713/
Garefe712/
Garrofe67445/
Garoffe672/
Garrafe672/
Garaphe670/

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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 Garhöfer
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