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
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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) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Gödje, Godjé or Godjè. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Godje? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 244,412th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 4,470,887 people. The last name Godje 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 frequent first name in the world, borne by 1,434 people.
The surname Godje is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,097 people, or 1 in 18,933. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 47 percent are found, North Region, where 42 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 6 percent are found. Other than Cameroon Godje exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 26 percent are found and Benin, where 4 percent are found.
Godje Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Godje surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered with the political 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
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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 Godje
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