<Tr> <Th> Related names </Th> <Td> Garci, Garza, Garcia, Garcés, Garcicea, Garciandia, Gassie, Gassion, Gaztea </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Footnotes: Frequency Comparisons: </Td> </Tr> <P> Garcia or García is a Basque origin surname common throughout Spain, Portugal, parts of France, the Americas, and the Philippines . It is a surname of patronymic origin; García was a very common first name in early medieval Iberian Peninsula . </P> <P> It is attested since the high Middle Ages north and south of the Pyrenees (Basque Culture Territories), with the surname (sometimes first name too) thriving especially on the Kingdom of Navarre and spreading out to Castile and other Spanish regions . </P>

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