Garo Surname
Approximately 17,936 people bear this surname
Garo Surname Definition:
A descriptive name, from Gaelic garbh, rough, stout, brawny. Donald Gerrow and Johannes Garrow appear as tenants in Strathdee, 1527 (Grant, III, p. 68, 70), and Duncan Garro in Dulchorr: was fined for reset of members of Clan Gregor, 1613 (RPC.
Read More About This SurnameGaro Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 7,425 | 1:4,717 | 469 |
| Philippines | 1,783 | 1:56,780 | 9,524 |
| Dominican Republic | 1,618 | 1:6,448 | 615 |
| India | 1,572 | 1:487,955 | 24,731 |
| France | 1,041 | 1:63,807 | 8,733 |
| United States | 560 | 1:647,248 | 51,938 |
| Papua New Guinea | 523 | 1:15,590 | 1,520 |
| Kenya | 419 | 1:110,215 | 9,432 |
| Pakistan | 396 | 1:451,121 | 8,098 |
| Nigeria | 317 | 1:558,810 | 27,182 |
| Syria | 307 | 1:62,870 | 2,888 |
| Indonesia | 297 | 1:445,283 | 37,110 |
| Switzerland | 199 | 1:41,271 | 5,804 |
| Portugal | 170 | 1:61,284 | 3,295 |
| Solomon Islands | 169 | 1:3,432 | 375 |
| Belarus | 143 | 1:66,441 | 10,983 |
| Niger | 128 | 1:149,938 | 5,494 |
| Albania | 113 | 1:25,788 | 4,203 |
| Russia | 95 | 1:1,517,085 | 103,451 |
| Kuwait | 87 | 1:43,686 | 5,304 |
| Argentina | 64 | 1:667,866 | 46,303 |
| Italy | 57 | 1:1,072,924 | 71,656 |
| Ivory Coast | 52 | 1:443,678 | 14,663 |
| Brazil | 50 | 1:4,281,487 | 114,765 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Benin | 43 | 1:240,363 | 21,480 |
| Austria | 27 | 1:315,386 | 35,058 |
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| Taiwan | 14 | 1:1,674,625 | 11,030 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Lebanon | 12 | 1:469,757 | 12,312 |
| Honduras | 10 | 1:881,644 | 4,379 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Armenia | 9 | 1:325,576 | 7,297 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Yemen | 8 | 1:3,303,162 | 16,088 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Palestine | 6 | 1:758,142 | 14,544 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Colombia | 5 | 1:9,554,814 | 25,159 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 38 | 1:1,321,544 | 72,820 |
The alternate forms: Garó (36), Garò (1) & Garô (1) are calculated separately.
Garo (8,761) may also be a first name.
Garo Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A descriptive name, from Gaelic garbh, rough, stout, brawny. Donald Gerrow and Johannes Garrow appear as tenants in Strathdee, 1527 (Grant, III, p. 68, 70), and Duncan Garro in Dulchorr: was fined for reset of members of Clan Gregor, 1613 (RPC., XIV, p. 633). Johne Garrow in Blair, 1624 (Logie, I, p. 89). Six persons in the neighborhood of Dunblane are recorded in the Commissariot Record.
Probably local; but Arthur derives it from the British garo, fierce, keen, rough.
in the British, signifies fierce, keen, sharp, rough, a rough place; Gaelic, Garbh, rugged, mountainous.
Garo Demographics
Average Male Garo Height
171.82 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Garo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Garo (Arabic: غرو, Bengali: গারো, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﺭﻭ, Hindi: गरो, Marathi: गारो, Oriya: ଗାର, Russian: Гаро) is most common in Iraq. It may also be rendered as a variant: Garó, Garò or Garô. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Garo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 29,820th most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 406,308 people. The surname Garo occurs mostly in Asia, where 67 percent of Garo live; 44 percent live in West Asia and 43 percent live in Levant. Garo is also the 66,930th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 8,761 people.
It is most frequent in Iraq, where it is borne by 7,425 people, or 1 in 4,717. Other than Iraq it is found in 75 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 10 percent are found and The Dominican Republic, where 9 percent are found.
Garo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Garo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Garo last name rose 1,474 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Garo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Garo surname is chiefly Christian (70%) in Kenya and Sunni (38%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Garo are 11.73% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 64.96% registered with the party.
The amount Garo earn in different countries varies notably. In Colombia they earn 20.36% less than the national average, earning $18,081,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.05% more than the national average, earning $44,896 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.41% more than the national average, earning $51,873 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Garo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Garo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﺭﻭ | karw | - |
| Garo in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାର | gara | - |
| Garo in the Hindi language | ||
| गरो | garo | 75 |
| गारो | garo | 20 |
| ग्रो | gro | 5 |
| Garo in the Marathi language | ||
| गारो | garo | 60 |
| गरो | garo | 40 |
| Garo in the Bengali language | ||
| গারো | garo | 57.14 |
| গাড়ো | garo | 21.43 |
| গারু | garu | 14.29 |
| গাড়ো | garo | 7.14 |
| Garo in the Russian language | ||
| Гаро | garo | - |
| Garo in the Arabic language | ||
| غرو | ghrw | - |
| غارو | gharw | - |
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