Garoa Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Garoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| Nauru | 34 | 1:349 | 106 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Garoa (141) may also be a first name.
Garoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Garoa is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Garoa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,034,059th most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. The last name Garoa is predominantly found in Oceania, where 86 percent of Garoa are found; 86 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 46 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Garoa is also the 778,371st most prevalent forename internationally, held by 141 people.
The surname Garoa is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 209,070. In Papua New Guinea Garoa is most numerous in: Northern, where 46 percent live, Bougainville, where 36 percent live and Madang, where 15 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nauru, where 40 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
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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 Garoa
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