Garreto Surname
Approximately 1,415 people bear this surname
Garreto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1,399 | 1:153,020 | 5,861 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Garrêto (3) are calculated separately.
Garreto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garreto Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Garreto has its highest incidence in Brazil. It may be found in the variant forms: Garrêto. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Garreto? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 274,522nd most commonly used surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 5,150,209 people. Garreto is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Garreto are found; 100 percent are found in South America and 99 percent are found in Luso-South America.
It is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 1,399 people, or 1 in 153,020. In Brazil it is most numerous in: Maranhão, where 84 percent are found, Pará, where 6 percent are found and Federal District, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Brazil this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 1 percent are found and Colombia, where 0 percent are found.
Garreto Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Garreto has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Garreto last name declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Garreto
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