Godfery Surname
Approximately 565 people bear this surname
Godfery Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 456 | 1:388,471 | 20,503 |
| New Zealand | 28 | 1:161,726 | 18,041 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 18 | 1:246,104 | 10,726 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 84 | 1:290,183 | 19,896 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 59 | 1:851,164 | 52,255 |
Godfery (4,029) may also be a first name.
Godfery Demographics
Godfery Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Godfery Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Godfery Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Godfery is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Godfery.
How Common Is The Last Name Godfery? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 561,353rd most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,898,311 people. The last name Godfery is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Godfery reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Godfery is also the 109,943rd most commonly used first name globally It is held by 4,029 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 456 people, or 1 in 388,471. In Nigeria Godfery is most frequent in: Abia, where 17 percent reside, Rivers, where 14 percent reside and Kaduna, where 10 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 20 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.
Godfery Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Godfery has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Godfery last name contracted 68 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Godfery Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Godfery last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
Godfery earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 35.54% more than the national average, earning $58,483 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Godffery | 93 | 37 | / |
| Godferry | 93 | 6 | / |
| Godferey | 93 | 3 | / |
| Goddfery | 93 | 2 | / |
| Godfeary | 93 | 1 | / |
| Godfetry | 93 | 1 | / |
| Gofery | 92 | 27 | / |
| Goffery | 86 | 51 | / |
| Godfary | 86 | 7 | / |
| Godfory | 86 | 2 | / |
| Gofiery | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gofferey | 80 | 11 | / |
| Godfered | 80 | 3 | / |
| Godforey | 80 | 1 | / |
| Godfarey | 80 | 1 | / |
| Goferi | 77 | 8 | / |
| Gofere | 77 | 5 | / |
| Gafery | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gaffery | 71 | 33 | / |
| Godfari | 71 | 1 | / |
| Goffiry | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gofferje | 67 | 67 | / |
| Goffetre | 67 | 41 | / |
| Goodfari | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gafferey | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gafferry | 67 | 0 | / |
| Goffirey | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Godfery
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