Garçao Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Garçao Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garçao Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295

The alternate forms: Garcao (506) are calculated separately.

Garçao Last Name Facts

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

The surname Garçao occurs more in Portugal more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Garcao. For other potential spellings of Garçao click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Garçao? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,017,195th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Garçao live; 90 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 90 percent live in Iberian Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Portugal, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 274,164. Without taking into account Portugal this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 5 percent live and Angola, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garcao94506/
Garzao83136/
Garçoa8349/
Garçôa831/
Garsao831/
Garciao7718/
Arzao73113/
Arcao7354/
Arsao735/
Gorjao67396/
Garcoa67100/
Garsoa679/
Archao673/
Arshao672/
Garcöa672/
Arzaoo671/
Arcaho671/
Harcao671/
Arsiao671/
Garzoa671/
Garcõa671/
Garcóa671/
Arceao671/
Harjao671/

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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
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  • 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 Garçao
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