Godey Surname
Approximately 1,465 people bear this surname
Godey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 1,150 | 1:57,759 | 7,716 |
| India | 97 | 1:7,907,891 | 167,329 |
| United States | 96 | 1:3,775,614 | 208,022 |
| Nigeria | 65 | 1:2,725,273 | 87,396 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 93 | 1:539,986 | 37,316 |
Godey (240) may also be a first name.
Godey Demographics
Average Godey Salary in
United States
$34,031 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Godey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Godey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Godey (Marathi: गोडे) has its highest incidence in France. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Godey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 266,766th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,974,434 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Godey reside; 79 percent reside in Western Europe and 78 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Godey is also the 577,234th most commonly occurring given name in the world, borne by 240 people.
Godey is most numerous in France, where it is carried by 1,150 people, or 1 in 57,759. In France it is mostly found in: Normandy, where 63 percent live, Grand Est, where 10 percent live and Île-de-France, where 9 percent live. Not including France it exists in 23 countries. It is also common in India, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.
Godey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Godey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Godey surname expanded 103 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Godey Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Godey last name are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 80% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Godey earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 21.13% less than the national average, earning $34,031 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.02% less than the national average, earning $41,723 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Godey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Godey in the Marathi language | ||
| गोडे | gode | - |
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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 Godey
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