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
Godiya (Hindi: गोदिया, Marathi: गोडीया) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Godiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Godiya is the 54,189th most frequent family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 775,271 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Godiya live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Godiya is also the 25,918th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 32,940 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8,631 people, or 1 in 20,524. In Nigeria it is most common in: Borno, where 34 percent reside, Bauchi, where 16 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in India, where 7 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
Godiya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name 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
- 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 Godiya
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