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 be rendered as a variant: Garoafă. Click here to see other possible spellings of Garoafa.
How Common Is The Last Name Garoafa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Garoafa is the 1,038,570th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 30,113,826 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Garoafa reside; 99 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 99 percent reside in Romanian Europe.
It is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is borne by 240 people, or 1 in 83,658. In Romania it is most prevalent in: Teleorman County, where 37 percent are found, Gorj County, where 32 percent are found and Vâlcea County, where 19 percent are found. Outside of Romania it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 0 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.
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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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