Garza Surname
Approximately 320,251 people bear this surname
Garza Surname Definition:
Dweller at the sign of heron or dove. Garza also has the general meaning of bird.
Galician name from San Juan de Tor, political subdivision of Monforte de Lemos (Lugo). One branch in Chile.
See De la Garza.
Read More About This SurnameGarza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 165,264 | 1:2,193 | 219 |
| Mexico | 149,346 | 1:831 | 136 |
| Spain | 982 | 1:47,609 | 4,499 |
| Honduras | 927 | 1:9,511 | 633 |
| Guatemala | 752 | 1:21,387 | 1,620 |
| Colombia | 608 | 1:78,576 | 3,238 |
| Argentina | 422 | 1:101,288 | 8,552 |
| El Salvador | 256 | 1:24,781 | 1,007 |
| Philippines | 228 | 1:444,027 | 54,717 |
| Venezuela | 227 | 1:133,058 | 4,318 |
| Italy | 181 | 1:337,882 | 40,640 |
| Dominican Republic | 146 | 1:71,458 | 3,346 |
| Canada | 131 | 1:281,264 | 26,302 |
| France | 112 | 1:593,060 | 78,954 |
| England | 66 | 1:844,213 | 44,691 |
| Brazil | 61 | 1:3,509,415 | 98,831 |
| Cuba | 48 | 1:240,057 | 4,737 |
| Thailand | 47 | 1:1,502,944 | 203,155 |
| Germany | 45 | 1:1,789,010 | 101,917 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| Costa Rica | 33 | 1:144,851 | 2,103 |
| New Zealand | 31 | 1:146,075 | 17,002 |
| Panama | 23 | 1:170,098 | 5,250 |
| Netherlands | 17 | 1:993,363 | 65,241 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Ecuador | 14 | 1:1,136,132 | 15,474 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Belize | 11 | 1:32,316 | 2,112 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Chile | 7 | 1:2,516,639 | 33,195 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 1:1,308,896 | 51,006 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Austria | 6 | 1:1,419,239 | 86,529 |
| Puerto Rico | 5 | 1:710,028 | 4,074 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Nicaragua | 4 | 1:1,505,272 | 5,843 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Macau | 2 | 1:300,815 | 1,009 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,365 | 1:21,234 | 2,669 |
The alternate forms: Garža (21), Garzâ (1) & Gärza (1) are calculated separately.
Garza (110) may also be a first name.
Garza Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Dweller at the sign of heron or dove. Garza also has the general meaning of bird.
Galician name from San Juan de Tor, political subdivision of Monforte de Lemos (Lugo). One branch in Chile.
See De la Garza.
User-submitted Reference
Garza is a Galician and Basque noble surname and the Spanish language equivalent of Heron (bird) Garza has also become a part of many place names.
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Garza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Garza (Arabic: غارزا, Russian: Гарза) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Garža, Garzâ or Gärza. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Garza? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,716th most frequent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 22,756 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Garza are found; 98 percent are found in North America and 52 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Garza is also the 895,203rd most frequently held given name at a global level, borne by 110 people.
It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 165,264 people, or 1 in 2,193. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 73 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and Illinois, where 2 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname exists in 87 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 47 percent reside and Spain, where 0 percent reside.
Garza Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Garza has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Garza surname increased 6,988 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Garza Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Garza are 5.8% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 59.03% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Garza earn in different countries varies significantly. In Colombia they earn 10.6% less than the national average, earning $20,297,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 20.12% less than the national average, earning $34,467 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.05% more than the national average, earning $54,677 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Garza Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Garza in the Russian language | ||
| Гарза | garza | - |
| Garza in the Arabic language | ||
| غارزا | gharza | - |
| جارزا | jarza | - |
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Garza Reference & Research
Garza DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Garza 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
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