Godffrey Surname
Approximately 199 people bear this surname
Godffrey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Nigeria | 83 | 1:2,134,250 | 73,634 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Godffrey (5,520) may also be a first name.
Godffrey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Godffrey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Godffrey occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Godffrey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,189,614th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 36,620,834 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Godffrey are found; 54 percent are found in Southern Africa and 54 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 90,351st most frequently used first name in the world, held by 5,520 people.
It is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Not including Malawi this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 42 percent live and Kenya, where 4 percent live.
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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 Godffrey
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