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Garofalo

in the US

There are 4,428 people with the last name "Garofalo" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Garofalo 6,093
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  1. is 6,089th most common Bivins
  2. is 6,090th most common Curl
  3. is 6,091st most common Gagliardi
  4. is 6,092nd most common Tse
  5. is 6,093rd most common Garofalo
  6. is 6,094th most common Lenhart
  7. is 6,095th most common Bellinger
  8. is 6,096th most common Leatherman
  9. is 6,097th most common Tavarez

Similar Names and Nicknames

Garon, Garoutte, Garone, Garofolo, Garofano, Garo, Garozzo, Garofallou, Garofali, Garofoli

Most Common First Names for Garofalo

Michael, Joseph, John, Anthony, James, Robert, Frank, Mary, Vincent, Richard

Meaning & History

Southern Italian: from garofalo ‘carnation’, from Greek karyophyllon, standard modern Italian garofano. Southern Italian Greek has the more conservative karofaddho; the standard modern Greek form is garifalo. This is presumably a nickname for one who habitually sported a carnation, a topographic name for someone who lived where carnations grew, or a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of these flowers. De Felice notes that the Calabrese and Sicilian dialect forms, garofalu and garofolo, denote other species of plant, as well as a whirlwind or vortex, senses which could also have contributed to the surname.

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