Godbey Surname
Approximately 3,144 people bear this surname
Godbey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,122 | 1:116,098 | 12,521 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 10 | 1:442,987 | 15,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12 | 1:2,031,281 | 60,933 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 102 | 1:492,340 | 34,768 |
Godbey (51) may also be a first name.
Godbey Demographics
Godbey Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Godbey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Godbey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Godbey (Russian: Годбей) is found most in The United States. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Godbey? popularity and diffusion
The last name Godbey is the 141,689th most frequently occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,317,922 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Godbey are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Godbey is also the 1,396,783rd most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 51 people.
This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 3,122 people, or 1 in 116,098. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Kentucky, where 15 percent reside, Texas, where 10 percent reside and West Virginia, where 7 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 0 percent reside and Thailand, where 0 percent reside.
Godbey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Godbey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Godbey surname grew 3,061 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Godbey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Anglican (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States Godbey are 18.61% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.38% being registered to vote for the political party.
Godbey earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.53% less than the national average, earning $42,488 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Godbey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Godbey in the Russian language | ||
| Годбей | godbej | - |
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Godbey Reference & Research
Godby DNA Project FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- 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 Godbey
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis