Godje Surname
Approximately 1,630 people bear this surname
Godje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,097 | 1:18,933 | 2,589 |
| Niger | 419 | 1:45,804 | 2,358 |
| Benin | 58 | 1:178,200 | 17,490 |
| United States | 27 | 1:13,424,405 | 494,117 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Gödje (15), Godjé (3) & Godjè (1) are calculated separately.
Godje (1,434) may also be a first name.
Godje Demographics
Average Godje Salary in
United States
$46,235 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Godje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Godje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Godje (Marathi: गोदजे) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Gödje, Godjé or Godjè. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Godje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 244,412th most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 4,470,887 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Godje reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 48 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 206,059th most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 1,434 people.
The surname Godje is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,097 people, or 1 in 18,933. In Cameroon Godje is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 47 percent reside, North Region, where 42 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 26 percent reside and Benin, where 4 percent reside.
Godje Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Godje surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.
Godje earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.15% more than the national average, earning $46,235 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Godje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Godje in the Marathi language | ||
| गोदजे | godaje | - |
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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 Godje
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