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
The last name Godja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺟﺎ) is carried by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Godja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 184,892nd most numerous family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,178,171 people. The last name Godja is primarily found in Europe, where 91 percent of Godja are found; 88 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 88 percent are found in Romanian Europe. It is also the 405,761st most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 446 people.
The last name Godja is most frequent in Romania, where it is held by 2,007 people, or 1 in 10,004. In Romania it is most prevalent in: Maramureș County, where 76 percent live, Satu Mare County, where 8 percent live and Timiș County, where 4 percent live. Other than Romania this surname occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 4 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 percent live.
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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