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 is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Godffrey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,189,614th most common last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 36,620,834 people. The surname Godffrey is mostly found 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. Godffrey is also the 90,351st most commonly held forename worldwide It is held by 5,520 people.
It is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Excluding Malawi Godffrey exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 42 percent are found and Kenya, where 4 percent are found.
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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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