Godja Surname
Approximately 2,293 people bear this surname
Godja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 2,007 | 1:10,004 | 1,314 |
| Benin | 85 | 1:121,595 | 13,329 |
| Cameroon | 63 | 1:329,668 | 30,059 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| Albania | 16 | 1:182,128 | 12,899 |
| Hungary | 14 | 1:701,163 | 38,752 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| Austria | 10 | 1:851,544 | 67,454 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Godja (446) may also be a first name.
Godja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Godja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Godja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺟﺎ) occurs in Romania more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Godja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 184,892nd most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 3,178,171 people. The surname Godja is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Godja reside; 88 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 88 percent reside in Romanian Europe. Godja is also the 405,761st most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 446 people.
It is most widely held in Romania, where it is borne by 2,007 people, or 1 in 10,004. In Romania Godja is primarily found in: Maramureș County, where 76 percent are found, Satu Mare County, where 8 percent are found and Timiș County, where 4 percent are found. Besides Romania this last name occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 4 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Godja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Godja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺟﺎ | kwja | - |
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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 Godja
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