Godfrrey Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
South Africa

Godfrrey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Godfrrey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Godfrrey (26) may also be a first name.

Godfrrey Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Godfrrey Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Godfrrey is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Godfrrey? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most numerous surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Godfrrey occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Godfrrey reside; 40 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most common first name globally. It is borne by 26 people.

This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Kaduna, where 50 percent live and Rivers, where 50 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 40 percent live and South Africa, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Godfrey93140,339/
Godffrey88199/
Goodfrey8839/
Godfreey8823/
Goddfrey8814/
Godfreys885/
Godfreyâ884/
Godfriey884/
Goedfrey881/
Godfreya881/
Godfry86424/
Godfre86116/
Gofrey8644/
Odfrey864/
Godphfrey821/
Godffriey821/
Godfreyed821/
Godfred803,237/
Godfroy802,464/
Godfree801,189/
Godfray80312/
Godfryd8070/
Goffrey8063/
Gotfrey8041/
Gadfrey8023/
Godfryt8015/
Goofrey8014/
Godffry8011/
Goodfry807/
Godfrei805/
Gosfrey803/
Gudfrey803/
Gopfrey803/
Godfreu803/
Gofreey803/
Gedfrey802/
Godfrer802/
Godfrie801/
Godfreh801/
Godfret801/
Goufrey801/
Gowfrey801/
Godfryi801/
Godffre801/
Goyfrey801/
Godfrue801/
Godfres800/
Godfroe800/
Godfrea800/
Goddfry800/
Gofre7748/
Gofry7713/
Godphrey75110/
Goodfred7577/
Godtfred7534/
Godfread7525/
Goodffre7513/
Godfreid757/
Goodfree754/
Godtfryd752/
Godffrie751/
Godfrays751/
Godfreed751/
Gottfrey751/
Goffreys751/
Godfroiy751/
Gedffrey751/
Gaffrrey750/
Goffre71189/
Gadfre71119/
Gadfry7164/
Goffry7133/
Gafrey7125/
Godfri7120/
Gofred718/
Gotfre717/
Goufre712/
Gofrie711/
Gotfry711/
Goudfrooy711/
Geeoffrey711/
Gotfryd67922/
Godfrid67334/
Gaffrey67317/
Gotfred6764/
Goffred6738/
Goffroy6732/
Gofreed6729/
Godfroi6718/
Gotfret676/
Godfrad673/
Gadfred673/
Goffree673/
Goufret673/
Gotfryt673/
Gouffre673/
Godfrit673/
Godphry672/
Godfras671/
Godfrui671/
Goiffre671/
Goofrie671/
Goffray671/
Gutfrey671/
Hadfrey671/
Gadfree671/
Godfraa671/
Gopfret671/
Gasfrey670/
Gadfray670/
Gatfrey670/
Gotfree670/

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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 Godfrrey
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