Garven Surname
Approximately 1,077 people bear this surname
Garven Surname Definition:
(Irish) Grandson of little Garbh (rough).
Garven Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 519 | 1:698,379 | 55,261 |
| Scotland | 167 | 1:32,059 | 3,229 |
| Australia | 111 | 1:243,205 | 22,593 |
| Canada | 88 | 1:418,700 | 36,754 |
| England | 55 | 1:1,013,056 | 50,089 |
| New Zealand | 36 | 1:125,787 | 15,451 |
| South Africa | 34 | 1:1,593,462 | 80,086 |
| Liberia | 23 | 1:191,675 | 12,886 |
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 18 | 1:246,104 | 10,726 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 140 | 1:26,737 | 2,399 |
| England | 46 | 1:529,899 | 28,330 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 134 | 1:374,766 | 28,202 |
The alternate forms: Garvén (5) are calculated separately.
Garven (124) may also be a first name.
Garven Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Irish) Grandson of little Garbh (rough).
Garven Demographics
Average Garven Salary in
United States
$48,441 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Garven Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garven Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Garven is most common in The United States. It may occur as: Garvén. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Garven? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 341,074th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 6,766,524 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Garven live; 56 percent live in North America and 56 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 836,439th most frequently held given name world-wide, held by 124 people.
The last name Garven is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 519 people, or 1 in 698,379. In The United States Garven is most frequent in: Ohio, where 15 percent are found, Florida, where 10 percent are found and Wisconsin, where 10 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name exists in 23 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 16 percent are found and Australia, where 10 percent are found.
Garven Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Garven has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Garven surname rose 387 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 119 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it rose 120 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Garven Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Garven surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Garven surname are 14.29% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.06% being registered with the party.
The amount Garven earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 57.34% less than the national average, earning R 101,388 per year; in United States they earn 12.26% more than the national average, earning $48,441 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.76% more than the national average, earning $57,514 CAD per year.
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Garven Reference & Research
Garvin FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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- 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 Garven
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