Godiya Surname
Approximately 9,400 people bear this surname
Godiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8,631 | 1:20,524 | 1,873 |
| India | 658 | 1:1,165,753 | 47,173 |
| Cameroon | 75 | 1:276,921 | 26,437 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Godiya (32,940) may also be a first name.
Godiya Demographics
Godiya Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Godiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Godiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Godiya (Hindi: गोदिया, Marathi: गोडीया) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Godiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 54,189th most widespread last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 775,271 people. Godiya is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Godiya reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 25,918th most commonly held forename world-wide. It is borne by 32,940 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8,631 people, or 1 in 20,524. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Borno, where 34 percent live, Bauchi, where 16 percent live and Nasarawa, where 11 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Godiya is found in 13 countries. It is also common in India, where 7 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Godiya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Godiya surname is predominantly Christian (96%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Godiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Godiya in the Hindi language | ||
| गोदिया | godiya | 60.82 |
| गोडिया | godiya | 29.29 |
| गोदीया | godiya | 5.41 |
| गोडि़या | godiya | 2.24 |
| गुडिया | gudiya | 1.68 |
| गुनिया | guniya | 0.19 |
| गुडिैया | gudiaiya | 0.19 |
| गोढिया | godhiya | 0.19 |
| Godiya in the Marathi language | ||
| गोडीया | godiya | 41.67 |
| गोिडया | goidaya | 23.81 |
| गोदीया | godiya | 23.81 |
| गोिदया | goidaya | 9.82 |
| गोदया | godaya | 0.6 |
| गोिरया | goiraya | 0.3 |
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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 Godiya
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