Garters Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Garters Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Garters Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:27,859,030389,889
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Garters Last Name Facts

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

The last name Garters is carried by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Garters click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Garters? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 40 percent of Garters are found; 40 percent are found in Northern Europe and 40 percent are found in British Isles.

It is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 27,859,030. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Cambridgeshire, where 50 percent live and East Sussex, where 50 percent live. Apart from England Garters occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 40 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.

Garters Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Garters has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Garters last name decreased 85 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garthers930/
Arters92452/
Arthers8645/
Harters865/
Gorters861/
Gerters860/
Aurthers803/
Harthers801/
Goerters801/
Artheyrs801/
Ahrtgers801/
Gertters800/
Orters770/
Horters7144/
Orterse716/
Arthyrs710/
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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 Garters
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