Garvö Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Garvö Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garvö Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Garvö Last Name Facts

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

Garvö occurs most in Sweden. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Garvö? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,057,639th most common surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Garvö live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

This surname is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 703,340. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Dalarna County, where 43 percent are found, Skåne County, where 36 percent are found and Stockholm County, where 21 percent are found. Apart from Sweden this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Norway, where 7 percent are found.

Garvö Last Name Statistics demography

Garvö earn significantly less than the average income. In Norway they earn 32.74% less than the national average, earning 232,761 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arvö894/
Garvoe736/
Garvui731/
Arbö671/
Arvae602/
Aarbö601/
Garbui55162/
Garwoe5538/
Garboe5519/
Gervae5517/
Gervoe558/
Harvoe553/
Gorvae551/
Gorvoe551/
Garwui551/
Garbae551/
Garbhae501/
Gharbui501/
Garbaeh501/

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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 Garvö
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