Goodness Forename

12,818th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 76,775 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Goodness Forename

The meaning of this forename is not listed.

Goodness Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria
 
97%
46,3871:3,828676
South Africa
 
99%
25,3111:2,155365
Tanzania
 
98%
2,5371:20,8072,089
Cameroon
100%
7321:29,5232,280
Swaziland-7181:1,811415
Malawi
 
80%
3171:53,9823,553
Zambia-3011:52,6743,238
Zimbabwe
 
69%
2381:64,8065,251
England
 
90%
511:1,090,25317,508
United States
100%
421:8,631,83391,152
Kenya-341:1,361,97419,737
India
90%
 
211:57,851,332943,988
Senegal-181:810,0758,367
Ghana
100%
91:2,998,4685,965
Uganda
 
75%
81:5,119,61545,522
Iceland-61:61,0033,164
Malaysia
100%
41:7,612,485167,458
United Arab Emirates-41:1,787,99844,562
Botswana-41:546,11213,807
Italy
 
89%
21:30,531,04557,596
Philippines
50%
 
21:53,004,738452,678
Congo
50%
 
21:2,504,60231,783
Singapore-21:3,143,52727,876
Brazil-21:107,118,077571,487
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Belarus-11:9,482,38420,892
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904
Scotland-11:5,350,36624,769
Rwanda-11:11,371,4334,615
Albania-11:3,046,57049,159
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Burkina Faso-11:18,379,469100,219
Canada-11:33,133,372113,810
Liberia
100%
11:4,412,06136,340
Lesotho
100%
11:2,039,99747,971
Lebanon-11:5,627,57119,299
Ireland-11:4,643,51913,375
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Iran-11:78,496,86865,150
Germany
100%
11:96,677,87695,912
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
DR Congo
100%
11:73,827,605146,761
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Croatia-11:4,217,07620,943

Goodness (1,703) may also be a surname.

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Footnotes

  • First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Goodness