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Last name: GARCIA

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All you have to know about the last name GARCIA

Last name frequency

GARCIA : This last name is indexed 2,925,566 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

GARCIA : Spanish (García) and Portuguese: from a medieval personal name of uncertain origin. It is normally found in medieval records in the Latin form Garsea and may well be of pre-Roman origin perhaps akin to Basque (h)artz ‘bear’. This is the most common surname in Spain and also one of the most common surnames elsewhere in Spanish-speaking world. In the US where it is also found among Native Americans (mainly Pueblos in NM) it is the sixth most frequent surname. Compare De Garcia.

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Most indexed places

Diocesis de Granada (50,288)
Granada (44,888)
Madrid (27,489)
San Miguel, Larraga (19,424)
Valladolid (15,904)
Santa Quiteria, Elche de la Sierra (13,751)
Diocesis De Granada (11,798)
Oran (11,429)
Nava del Rey (11,408)
España (10,170)
San Juan Bautista, Beniajan (10,033)
San Juan Bautista, Pozohondo (10,019)
San Juan (9,259)
Villanueva de los Infantes (8,906)
Alhama de Murcia (8,868)
Santa María (8,385)
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Tobarra, Tobarra (8,260)
Spain (8,249)
Murcia (7,810)
Santa Catalina, El Bonillo (7,627)
Alcalá del Júcar (7,266)
Jerez de la Frontera (6,745)
Granada, Andalucía (6,566)
San Pedro (6,184)
Santa Maria de La Esparanza, Penas de San Pedro (6,142)
Puerto Rico (6,057)
San Miguel (6,027)
Santa Maria, Ayna (5,987)
Paris (5,890)
Medina de Rioseco (5,882)
Cartagena (5,876)
Lorca (5,859)
San Miguel, Corella (5,835)
La Purísima Concepción, Nerpio (5,694)
Lima (5,650)
Gerona (5,395)
San Antolín (5,378)
Peñas de San Pedro (5,367)
San Bartolomé, Pozuelo (5,347)
Alhama, Región de Murcia (5,218)
San Andrés, Villanueva De Los Infantes (5,200)
Santa Maria, Tudela (5,187)
El Salvador, La Roda (5,162)
Santiago Apostol (5,137)
El Rosario, Corella (4,996)
San Juan Bautista (4,893)
Sanlúcar de Barrameda (4,889)
Illora (4,730)
Villa de Ves (4,724)
Missouri (4,575)
San Salvador, La Roda (4,554)
Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Campaspero (4,535)
Torrecilla de la Orden (4,466)
Santa María, Los Arcos (4,456)
San Juan, Peralta (4,424)
Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion, Barrax (4,378)
El Carmen (4,341)
Santos Justo y Pastor, Andalucía (4,314)
Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Lezuza (4,306)
Medina del Campo (4,206)

Most indexed countries

Spain (2,086,078)
France (113,040)
United States (80,158)
Mexico (73,451)
Algeria (69,363)
Colombia (30,073)
Venezuela (18,420)
Argentina (18,355)
Portugal (18,147)
Puerto Rico (16,766)
Peru (15,448)
Brazil (14,352)
Cuba (8,414)
United Kingdom (5,661)
Belgium (5,553)
Chile (5,544)
Ecuador (4,474)
Uruguay (4,212)

Available collections for this name

Archives
(1,359,988)
Family Trees
(1,303,895)
Newspapers
(119,865)
Other
(80,562)
Cemeteries
(37,517)
Books
(19,053)
Obituaries
(2,405)
Magazines
(1,605)
Memorials
(588)
Coats of Arms
(86)
Memory of places
(3)