Garoafa Surname
Approximately 242 people bear this surname
Garoafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 240 | 1:83,658 | 9,785 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Garoafă (90) are calculated separately.
Garoafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garoafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Garoafa occurs in Romania more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Garoafă. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Garoafa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,038,570th most frequently used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Garoafa are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
It is most frequently held in Romania, where it is held by 240 people, or 1 in 83,658. In Romania it is mostly found in: Teleorman County, where 37 percent reside, Gorj County, where 32 percent reside and Vâlcea County, where 19 percent reside. Outside of Romania Garoafa exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 0 percent reside and Norway, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Garoafa
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