Godfather Surname
Approximately 688 people bear this surname
Godfather Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 482 | 1:159,300 | 13,768 |
| Tanzania | 199 | 1:266,038 | 21,128 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
Godfather (379) may also be a first name.
Godfather Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Godfather Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Godfather is carried by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Godfather? popularity and diffusion
The surname Godfather is the 483,673rd most frequently used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 10,592,363 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 70 percent of Godfather reside; 70 percent reside in South Asia and 70 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 445,512th most common forename internationally, borne by 379 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Iran, where it is held by 482 people, or 1 in 159,300. In Iran it is most common in: Gilan Province, where 26 percent live, Tehran Province, where 22 percent live and East Azerbaijan Province, where 19 percent live. Besides Iran this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 29 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodfather | 95 | 2 | / |
| Goodfeather | 90 | 6 | / |
| Oddfather | 89 | 0 | / |
| Goodfaster | 84 | 0 | / |
| Godfatha | 82 | 6 | / |
| Gofaster | 82 | 1 | / |
| Gofate | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gutfater | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngofaate | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gafate | 67 | 958 | / |
| Gofote | 67 | 124 | / |
| Gofati | 67 | 107 | / |
| Gofata | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goffati | 63 | 4 | / |
| Gofothi | 63 | 3 | / |
| Kgofata | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ghofati | 63 | 1 | / |
| Gophate | 63 | 1 | / |
| Gafata | 53 | 10 | / |
| Gofoti | 53 | 7 | / |
| Gafati | 53 | 4 | / |
| Gofotea | 50 | 34 | / |
| Gafaiti | 50 | 30 | / |
| Ghafati | 50 | 12 | / |
| Gafatti | 50 | 1 | / |
| Gafaïti | 50 | 1 | / |
| Gafoute | 50 | 1 | / |
| Gafatta | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Godfather
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