Garofa Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Garofa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 51 | 1:4,197,536 | 113,076 |
| Romania | 38 | 1:528,365 | 39,789 |
| Solomon Islands | 12 | 1:48,336 | 9,616 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Garofa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garofa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Garofa is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Garofa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Garofa is the 1,828,462nd most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. The surname Garofa occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Garofa are found; 50 percent are found in South America and 50 percent are found in Luso-South America.
Garofa is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 4,197,536. In Brazil it is most numerous in: Rio de Janeiro, where 41 percent reside, Minas Gerais, where 27 percent reside and São Paulo, where 25 percent reside. Apart from Brazil Garofa is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 37 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Garofa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis