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Garcia Surname

47th Most Commonsurname in the World

Approximately 10,671,483 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in: MexicoHighest density in: Spain

Garcia Surname Definition:

(Spanish) Descendant of Garcia, Spanish form of Gerald (spear, firm).

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Garcia Surname Distribution Map

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• 2014
• 1881
• 1880

Sort resultsIncidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Mexico	3,575,796	1:35	2
Spain	1,496,432	1:31	1
United States	905,209	1:400	10
Colombia	641,560	1:74	3
Venezuela	490,209	1:62	5
Philippines	441,075	1:230	2
Guatemala	417,200	1:39	3
Brazil	402,190	1:532	67
Argentina	320,032	1:134	9
Cuba	305,889	1:38	5
Peru	304,143	1:105	4
Ecuador	192,145	1:83	1
Honduras	183,562	1:48	5
Dominican Republic	164,059	1:64	4
Nicaragua	148,328	1:41	3
El Salvador	133,787	1:47	4
France	115,394	1:576	11
Bolivia	77,131	1:138	13
Chile	70,567	1:250	42
Puerto Rico	45,599	1:78	19
Uruguay	40,688	1:84	6
Paraguay	38,503	1:188	40
Panama	37,995	1:103	9
Costa Rica	36,201	1:132	29
Portugal	18,626	1:559	94
Canada	9,793	1:3,762	500
England	6,127	1:9,094	1,325
Belgium	4,274	1:2,690	245
Belize	4,107	1:87	2
Switzerland	4,062	1:2,022	201
Germany	3,900	1:20,642	2,744
Australia	3,814	1:7,078	1,042
Equatorial Guinea	3,505	1:324	70
Trinidad and Tobago	3,036	1:449	43
Thailand	2,530	1:27,920	2,686
Morocco	2,317	1:14,880	2,206
Andorra	2,051	1:41	1
Curaçao	1,566	1:100	46
Italy	1,530	1:39,972	7,194
Cape Verde	1,515	1:350	65
Netherlands	1,138	1:14,839	2,227
Taiwan	1,045	1:22,435	308
Saudi Arabia	835	1:36,953	5,288
Angola	614	1:43,956	2,297
South Africa	561	1:96,573	11,773
Japan	527	1:242,589	9,962
Ireland	517	1:9,108	1,239
Guam	515	1:311	37
Oman	464	1:7,948	1,098
Jamaica	379	1:7,572	893
Luxembourg	376	1:1,544	163
Sweden	345	1:28,541	2,325
New Zealand	335	1:13,517	2,344
Indonesia	333	1:397,145	33,722
Gibraltar	327	1:104	1
Russia	292	1:493,572	45,631
Aruba	282	1:367	40
Austria	278	1:30,631	4,932
United Arab Emirates	277	1:33,077	3,570
United States Virgin Islands	256	1:431	39
Denmark	254	1:22,223	2,264
Norway	229	1:22,455	2,928
Algeria	220	1:175,598	21,726
Scotland	217	1:24,672	2,711
New Caledonia	208	1:1,328	59
Malaysia	202	1:146,011	9,166
French Polynesia	184	1:1,526	259
China	180	1:7,596,231	536
Fiji	157	1:5,697	1,113
Wales	151	1:20,494	2,174
São Tomé and Príncipe	142	1:1,249	174
Czechia	139	1:76,500	12,845
Malta	138	1:3,118	235
Qatar	131	1:18,000	1,956
Finland	116	1:47,385	5,800
Kuwait	116	1:32,765	4,071
Singapore	103	1:53,473	2,131
Greece	102	1:108,625	18,269
Suriname	102	1:5,418	1,247
Iraq	94	1:372,571	6,843
Hong Kong	92	1:79,734	1,576
India	91	1:8,429,290	174,159
Senegal	87	1:167,579	1,305
Romania	82	1:244,852	23,260
Bahrain	73	1:18,474	3,432
Bahamas	72	1:5,441	536
Haiti	69	1:154,839	6,504
Hungary	69	1:142,265	13,005
Poland	68	1:558,952	52,372
Namibia	63	1:38,244	5,261
Iceland	60	1:6,335	710
Northern Ireland	56	1:32,947	3,302
Brunei	50	1:8,375	1,042
Monaco	48	1:772	8
South Korea	47	1:1,090,218	332
Estonia	46	1:28,735	5,267
Guyana	41	1:18,591	2,383
Barbados	39	1:7,370	662
Afghanistan	38	1:846,136	8,622
Madagascar	36	1:656,940	2,016
Northern Mariana Islands	31	1:1,761	219
Turkey	30	1:2,594,047	79,854
Vietnam	30	1:3,088,202	2,286
Bermuda	29	1:2,251	365
Cayman Islands	28	1:2,282	291
Macau	26	1:23,140	324
East Timor	25	1:48,637	122
Croatia	24	1:176,192	22,291
Kazakhstan	24	1:736,771	48,237
Lebanon	24	1:234,878	9,056
Congo	23	1:216,917	8,417
Israel	22	1:388,983	31,283
Egypt	21	1:4,377,893	48,075
Iran	21	1:3,656,311	102,225
Ivory Coast	21	1:1,098,630	25,989
Belarus	19	1:500,056	46,922
Mozambique	19	1:1,434,819	2,271
Turks and Caicos Islands	18	1:1,907	201
Azerbaijan	17	1:567,595	10,450
Botswana	17	1:128,643	18,229
Jersey	17	1:5,835	1,193
Burkina Faso	16	1:1,147,006	10,865
Grenada	16	1:6,783	683
Cameroon	15	1:1,384,605	80,726
Nigeria	15	1:11,809,517	219,567
Tunisia	14	1:43,616	6,025
Antigua and Barbuda	12	1:8,264	893
Benin	12	1:861,300	44,192
Cambodia	12	1:1,290,596	5,991
Dominica	12	1:6,324	375
Pakistan	12	1:14,886,990	61,272
American Samoa	11	1:5,069	1,123
Cyprus	11	1:80,443	8,305
Liechtenstein	11	1:3,489	390
Sudan	11	1:3,410,018	5,790
British Virgin Islands	10	1:3,159	366
Libya	10	1:624,397	1,980
Chad	9	1:1,510,244	5,402
Ukraine	9	1:5,058,077	228,455
Uzbekistan	9	1:3,436,571	32,268
Vanuatu	9	1:29,253	714
DR Congo	8	1:9,234,946	182,880
Albania	7	1:416,294	17,617
Bangladesh	7	1:22,765,253	17,277
Mongolia	7	1:403,613	11,348
Niue	7	1:231	55
Slovenia	7	1:355,382	17,336
Armenia	6	1:488,363	9,305
Ghana	6	1:4,503,449	15,363
Latvia	6	1:341,674	26,199
Liberia	6	1:734,756	29,369
Turkmenistan	6	1:914,852	6,159
Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	1:707,280	14,781
Gabon	5	1:377,839	3,608
Slovakia	5	1:1,067,290	85,393
Anguilla	4	1:3,359	324
Djibouti	4	1:228,733	966
Ethiopia	4	1:24,386,566	19,165
Georgia	4	1:936,386	24,100
Guernsey	4	1:16,110	1,225
Guinea-Bissau	4	1:432,005	185
Laos	4	1:1,647,081	888
Maldives	4	1:101,043	3,565
Montenegro	4	1:159,891	5,521
Papua New Guinea	4	1:2,038,429	140,827
Saint Kitts and Nevis	4	1:13,800	846
Saint Lucia	4	1:44,695	2,207
Sri Lanka	4	1:5,202,140	12,146
Bhutan	3	1:205,346	1,091
Comoros	3	1:249,841	664
Moldova	3	1:1,187,123	48,973
Niger	3	1:6,397,339	78,839
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	1:37,553	1,173
Lesotho	2	1:1,016,279	21,693
Lithuania	2	1:1,517,294	35,813
Malawi	2	1:8,559,554	34,093
Mali	2	1:8,484,518	4,035
Mauritania	2	1:2,047,432	30,537
Myanmar	2	1:25,968,992	2,110
Nepal	2	1:14,240,478	17,812
San Marino	2	1:16,607	796
Tajikistan	2	1:4,193,346	12,835
Tanzania	2	1:26,470,806	111,653
Togo	2	1:3,623,884	11,997
Zambia	2	1:7,924,961	45,994
Bulgaria	1	1:6,978,905	86,260
Central African Republic	1	1:4,515,390	1,196
Cook Islands	1	1:18,179	1,485
Faroe Islands	1	1:48,998	2,049
Gambia	1	1:1,923,451	1,043
Greenland	1	1:56,379	1,133
Guinea	1	1:11,833,817	3,268
Isle of Man	1	1:85,822	4,091
Jordan	1	1:8,842,437	26,010
Kenya	1	1:46,179,900	103,372
Kyrgyzstan	1	1:5,972,654	99,197
Mauritius	1	1:1,293,417	16,552
Micronesia	1	1:106,243	1,380
Rwanda	1	1:11,364,978	5,947
Saint Martin	1	1:35,156	229
Samoa	1	1:193,808	1,089
Serbia	1	1:7,144,948	38,459
Seychelles	1	1:92,393	1,532
Sierra Leone	1	1:7,089,631	1,533
Solomon Islands	1	1:580,029	22,243
Swaziland	1	1:1,298,199	1,718
Syria	1	1:19,301,022	22,457
Tuvalu	1	1:11,188	103
Uganda	1	1:39,039,279	258,887
Wallis and Futuna	1	1:13,610	185
Yemen	1	1:26,425,294	55,147
Zimbabwe	1	1:15,438,240	133,260

Show All NationsSort resultsIncidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
England	134	1:181,906	14,990
Scotland	2	1:1,871,608	27,884

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	9,526	1:5,272	661

The alternate forms: Garcìa (922), Garcïa (18) & Gárcia (11) are calculated separately.

Garcia (68,045) may also be a first name.

Garcia Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Spanish) Descendant of Garcia, Spanish form of Gerald (spear, firm).

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

Garcia is a patronymic surname of Basque origin widespread in the Iberian Peninsula and Latin. It comes from gaztea, Gartzia, which means young. He is a native name of the French zone, where aspiring "h", producing a resemblance to the "g", for which reason sound was applied such prosthetic letter by scribes, and as those who spoke the romance did not know pronounce "tz "he underwent many changes in his writing.

- paolag0

This is a Spanish patronymic surname, meaning 'son of Garcia'.

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• Average Salary in:CanadaCanadaColombiaEnglandItalyNorthern IrelandNorwayPeruScotlandSouth AfricaUnited StatesWales
• Religious Adherence in:LebanonLebanonRussia
• Political Affiliation in:United StatesUnited States

Garcia Demographics

Garcia Political Affiliationin United States

Sample size: 102,748 (2014)

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Garcia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Garcia (Arabic: جارسيا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﺭﺳﻴﺎ) is more commonly found in Mexico than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Garcìa, Garcïa or Gárcia. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Garcia? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 47th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 683 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 79 percent of Garcia are found; 41 percent are found in North America and 34 percent are found in Hispano-North America. Garcia is also the 14,202nd most widely held first name globally It is held by 68,045 people.

It is the most numerous surname in 4 countries: Spain, where 14 percent live, Ecuador, where 2 percent live, Andorra, where 0.02 percent live and Gibraltar, where 0 percent live. The last name is most prevalent in Mexico, where it is held by 3,575,796 people, or 1 in 35. In Mexico Garcia is most frequent in: México, where 15 percent live, Mexico City, where 8 percent live and Veracruz, where 7 percent live. Outside of Mexico Garcia occurs in 211 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.

Garcia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Garcia has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Garcia last name expanded 9,503 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 4,572 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 10,850 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Garcia Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Garcia surname is primarily Orthodox (63%) in Russia and Melkite Greek Catholic (47%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Garcia surname are 42.25% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 95.48% registered with the party.

The amount Garcia earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 53.76% less than the national average, earning €13,887 per year; in Norway they earn 22.37% less than the national average, earning 268,646 kr per year; in Peru they earn 3.17% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,770 per year; in South Africa they earn 170.87% more than the national average, earning R 643,680 per year; in Colombia they earn 3.31% more than the national average, earning $23,453,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 15.24% less than the national average, earning $36,573 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.67% less than the national average, earning $47,361 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sort resultsIncidence (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

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Garcìa	94	922	/
Garcïa	94	18	/
Gárcia	94	11	/
Garcias	92	16,852	/
Garciaz	92	179	/
Garciaa	92	70	/
Garścia	92	55	/
Gaarcia	92	41	/
Garrcia	92	33	/
Ggarcia	92	21	/
Gasrcia	92	17	/
Cgarcia	92	14	/
Gharcia	92	14	/
Garcioa	92	11	/
Garciah	92	10	/
Garciaj	92	10	/
Garciad	92	9	/
Hgarcia	92	6	/
Gartcia	92	5	/
Gardcia	92	4	/
Garciay	92	3	/
Kgarcia	92	3	/
Garciae	92	2	/
Gatrcia	92	2	/
Garciat	92	2	/
Garciea	92	2	/
Garzcia	92	2	/
Ngarcia	92	2	/
Garciap	92	2	/
Garciaç	92	1	/
Gaircia	92	0	/
Garca	91	29,291	/
Arcia	91	28,862	/
D'Garcia	86	11	/
Garciaii	86	2	/
Garciash	86	1	/
Garciach	86	1	/
Garcha	83	3,677	/
Garcea	83	2,423	/
Garcio	83	269	/
Arcias	83	180	/
Garcoa	83	100	/
Garcai	83	88	/
Gorcia	83	79	/
Harcia	83	43	/
Garcza	83	12	/
Garcãa	83	9	/
Earcia	83	6	/
Garcah	83	5	/
Garcau	83	4	/
Garcei	83	4	/
Garcaa	83	3	/
Garcéa	83	2	/
Aarcia	83	1	/
Arcioa	83	1	/
Garcáa	83	1	/
Garcái	83	1	/
Garcóa	83	1	/
Garcõa	83	1	/
Garcay	83	1	/
Ãarcia	83	1	/
Arca	80	20,620	/
Garciaová	80	2	/
Garziah	77	193	/
Garchay	77	13	/
Gharcha	77	10	/
Garthca	77	2	/
Gaurcha	77	1	/
Garchaj	77	1	/
Gartcha	77	1	/
Garrcha	77	1	/
Garcios	77	1	/
Garczaz	77	1	/
Garza	73	320,251	/
Arcay	73	3,709	/
Orcia	73	630	/
Archa	73	324	/
Harca	73	256	/
Arcea	73	235	/
Arcai	73	125	/
Arcio	73	121	/
Gorca	73	68	/
Garco	73	37	/
Arcau	73	36	/
Garça	73	27	/
Artca	73	15	/
Árcia	73	11	/
Arcoa	73	5	/
Garcá	73	5	/
Aurca	73	2	/
Arcaș	73	2	/
Arrca	73	2	/
Earca	73	1	/
Àrcia	73	1	/
Aarca	73	1	/
Arcaj	73	1	/
Arcei	73	1	/
Gharchay	71	5	/
Garczasz	71	1	/
Gharchai	71	1	/
Harcha	67	1,620	/
Gorcea	67	1,366	/
Harcsa	67	1,018	/
Archay	67	750	/
Gharza	67	599	/
Garzai	67	242	/
Gorcioaia	67	221	/
D'Arca	67	126	/
Harcau	67	57	/
Gorcha	67	50	/
Harcay	67	44	/
Harcea	67	43	/
Harcaj	67	25	/
Arceau	67	21	/
Archea	67	16	/
Archei	67	15	/
Gorcza	67	14	/
Gorcay	67	13	/
Garcey	67	12	/
Garcho	67	11	/
Artcha	67	10	/
Archaj	67	9	/
Garzaa	67	7	/
Garzay	67	6	/
Garrza	67	5	/
Gorcio	67	5	/
Gorcsa	67	4	/
Aarcha	67	3	/
Gardza	67	3	/
Horcia	67	3	/
Archai	67	3	/
Garzea	67	2	/
Garzah	67	1	/
Garzco	67	1	/
Aircha	67	1	/
Arrcay	67	1	/
Archaa	67	1	/
Arziah	67	1	/
Orcias	67	1	/
Orciay	67	1	/
Harcai	67	1	/
Garcoy	67	1	/
Gartza	67	1	/
Gorcaj	67	1	/
Arcoha	67	1	/

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Garcia Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Garcia in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﺎﺭﺳﻴﺎ	karsya	-
Garcia in the Arabic language
جارسيا	jarsya	-
جرسيا	jrsya	-
كارسيا	karsya	-

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