Godfery Surname

561,353rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 565 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Godfery Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Godfery Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4561:388,47120,503
New Zealand281:161,72618,041
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
England141:3,979,861125,553
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland181:246,10410,726
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England841:290,18319,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States591:851,16452,255

Godfery (4,029) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Godffery9337/
Godferry936/
Godferey933/
Goddfery932/
Godfeary931/
Godfetry931/
Gofery9227/
Goffery8651/
Godfary867/
Godfory862/
Gofiery861/
Gofferey8011/
Godfered803/
Godforey801/
Godfarey801/
Goferi778/
Gofere775/
Gafery771/
Gaffery7133/
Godfari711/
Goffiry711/
Gofferje6767/
Goffetre6741/
Goodfari671/
Gafferey670/
Gafferry670/
Goffirey670/

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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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