Goddfrey Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Goddfrey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Goddfrey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:9,286,343223,652
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Goddfrey (93) may also be a first name.

Goddfrey Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Goddfrey Come From? nationality or country of origin

Goddfrey occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Goddfrey? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,213,395th most prevalent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 43 percent of Goddfrey reside; 43 percent reside in West Africa and 43 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Goddfrey is also the 986,211th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 93 people.

This last name is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 9,286,343. In England it is most numerous in: Greater London, where 100 percent reside. Aside from England this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 43 percent reside and Canada, where 7 percent reside.

Goddfrey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Goddfrey has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Godfrey93140,339/
Goddfry930/
Godffrey88199/
Goodfrey8839/
Godfreey8823/
Godfreys885/
Godfrrey885/
Godfreyâ884/
Godfriey884/
Goedfrey881/
Godfreya881/
Godfry86424/
Godfre86116/
Gofrey8644/
Odfrey864/
Godphfrey821/
Godffriey821/
Godfreyed821/
Godfred803,237/
Godfroy802,464/
Godfree801,189/
Godfray80312/
Godfryd8070/
Goffrey8063/
Gotfrey8041/
Gadfrey8023/
Godfryt8015/
Goofrey8014/
Godffry8011/
Goodfry807/
Godfrei805/
Gosfrey803/
Gudfrey803/
Gopfrey803/
Godfreu803/
Gofreey803/
Gedfrey802/
Godfrer802/
Godfrie801/
Godfreh801/
Godfret801/
Goufrey801/
Gowfrey801/
Godfryi801/
Godffre801/
Goyfrey801/
Godfrue801/
Godfres800/
Godfroe800/
Godfrea800/
Gofre7748/
Gofry7713/
Godphrey75110/
Goodfred7577/
Godtfred7534/
Godfread7525/
Goodffre7513/
Godfreid757/
Goodfree754/
Godtfryd752/
Godffrie751/
Godfrays751/
Godfreed751/
Gottfrey751/
Goffreys751/
Godfroiy751/
Gedffrey751/
Goffre71189/
Gadfre71119/
Gadfry7164/
Goffry7133/
Gafrey7125/
Godfri7120/
Gofred718/
Gotfre717/
Goufre712/
Gofrie711/
Gotfry711/
Goudfrooy711/
Geeoffrey711/
Gotfryd67922/
Godfrid67334/
Gaffrey67317/
Gotfred6764/
Goffred6738/
Goffroy6732/
Gofreed6729/
Godfroi6718/
Gotfret676/
Godfrad673/
Gadfred673/
Goffree673/
Goufret673/
Gotfryt673/
Gouffre673/
Godfrit673/
Godphry672/
Godfras671/
Godfrui671/
Goiffre671/
Goofrie671/
Goffray671/
Gutfrey671/
Hadfrey671/
Gadfree671/
Godfraa671/
Gopfret671/
Gasfrey670/
Gadfray670/
Gatfrey670/
Gotfree670/

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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 Goddfrey
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