Garofaro Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Garofaro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garofaro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy231:2,658,98696,069
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Garofaro Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Garofaro Come From? nationality or country of origin

Garofaro is more commonly found in Italy than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Garofaro? popularity and diffusion

Garofaro is the 2,909,720th most widespread last name on earth, held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname Garofaro is mostly found in Europe, where 51 percent of Garofaro live; 51 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 51 percent live in Italic Europe.

The surname Garofaro is most commonly occurring in Italy, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 2,658,986. In Italy Garofaro is most numerous in: Liguria, where 74 percent reside, Piedmont, where 17 percent reside and Calabria, where 4 percent reside. Outside of Italy it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 42 percent reside and Argentina, where 2 percent reside.

Garofaro Last Name Statistics demography

Garofaro earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.22% more than the national average, earning $45,833 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Garofaro
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