Goddings Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Goddings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Goddings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England421:1,326,62059,571
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310

Goddings Last Name Facts

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

The surname Goddings (Russian: Годдингс) is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Goddings? popularity and diffusion

The surname Goddings is the 2,843,861st most frequent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Goddings are found; 89 percent are found in Northern Europe and 89 percent are found in British Isles.

Goddings is most widely held in England, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 1,326,620. In England Goddings is mostly concentrated in: West Sussex, where 38 percent are found, East Sussex, where 19 percent are found and Surrey, where 12 percent are found. Apart from England this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 4 percent are found and Russia, where 2 percent are found.

Goddings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Goddings has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Goddings surname grew 280 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Godding931,999/
Godings931/
Geddings881,571/
Goodings88951/
Goodding88160/
Goedings8866/
Guddings882/
Gaddings881/
Goding861,785/
Odings861/
Gooding8020,353/
Gadding8024/
Goddeng805/
Gedings804/
Gouding803/
Ngoding801/
Goiding801/
Godiong801/
Addings801/
Godging800/
Giedings752/
D'Goding751/
Hodgings750/
Gudgings750/
Gading712,836/
Godeng7152/
Odinks715/
Odengs711/
Goodng711/
Godimg711/
Gauding67234/
Ngading6724/
Gatding6723/
Hgading6712/
Adingse672/
Godoeng671/
Addinks671/
Gadingh671/
Gaading671/
Goudeng671/
Gadieng671/
Goodeng670/
Hadings670/

Goddings Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Goddings in the Russian language
Годдингсgoddings-

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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
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  • 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 Goddings
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