Garkowski Surname

876,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 308 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Garkowski Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garkowski Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland2631:144,52020,743
United States361:10,068,304413,125
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Garkowski Last Name Facts

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

The last name Garkowski is found in Poland more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Garkowski? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 876,631st most common surname globally, borne by around 1 in 23,660,863 people. The last name Garkowski occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Garkowski live; 85 percent live in Eastern Europe and 85 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in Poland, where it is carried by 263 people, or 1 in 144,520. Excluding Poland it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.

Garkowski Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Garkowski has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 900 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Garkowski Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Garkowski surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.

Garkowski earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.88% more than the national average, earning $51,726 USD per year.

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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
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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 Garkowski
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