How common is the surname Garofalo?

5,152 people in the United States had the surname Garofalo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,927 Americans. It ranked 6,571st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Garofalo?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Garofalo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Garofalo?

Janeane Garofalo, American comedian and actress.

Where is the surname Garofalo most common?

Wikidata records people named Garofalo in the United States.

Is the surname Garofalo getting more or less common?

More common. 4,927 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,152 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Garofalo

An Italian surname, carried by 5,152 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex G614

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Garofalo is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Garofalo.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,152 people named Garofalo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,927 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,927.

#6,571

rank among US surnames

5,152

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,360)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,567	Gaylord	5,159	59,846
#6,569	Stlouis	5,158	59,858
#6,570	Turman	5,155	59,892
#6,571	Garofalo	5,152	59,927

Who is named Garofalo

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Garofalo identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.6%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Garofalos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Janeane Garofalo
American comedian and actress, born 1964

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Garafola

Surnames that sound like Garofalo

Garfield

Garofalo has the Soundex code G614, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G614.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Garofalo come from?: Borrowed from Italian Garofalo.
How common is the surname Garofalo?: 5,152 people in the United States had the surname Garofalo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,927 Americans. It ranked 6,571st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Garofalo?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Garofalo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Garofalo?: Janeane Garofalo, American comedian and actress.
Where is the surname Garofalo most common?: Wikidata records people named Garofalo in the United States.
Is the surname Garofalo getting more or less common?: More common. 4,927 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,152 in 2010, up 4.6%.
What are other spellings of Garofalo?: Garafola.