Garlor Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Garlor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garlor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia161:275,53316,331
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Garlor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Garlor occurs in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Garlor? popularity and diffusion

The last name Garlor is the 4,649,889th most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Garlor are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.

The surname Garlor is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 275,533. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Grand Gedeh County, where 63 percent reside, Bomi County, where 25 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 6 percent reside. Other than Liberia this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent reside.

Garlor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Garlor has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garlord924/
Garlour922/
Arlor914/
Garlorth862/
Harlor83242/
Garlar833/
Gorlor832/
Arlour831/
Arlore831/
Arlord830/
Gharlar7718/
Harlord775/
Garlard774/
Harlour771/
Earlyor771/
Garlarz771/
Harleor770/
Arlar73111/
Orlor732/
Harlar67169/
Horlor67157/
Arılar6749/
Arlart6743/
Orllor672/
Arlard671/

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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 Garlor
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