Godei Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Godei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 80 | 1:2,214,284 | 75,532 |
| Romania | 79 | 1:254,150 | 23,921 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Godei (20) may also be a first name.
Godei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Godei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Godei is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Godei? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,263,456th most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 51 percent of Godei are found; 45 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Godei is also the 2,446,817th most widespread forename worldwide. It is borne by 20 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 2,214,284. In Nigeria Godei is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 90 percent are found, Rivers, where 8 percent are found and Kaduna, where 1 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Godei occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 43 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Godei
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