Godking Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ghana

Godking Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Godking Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Godking Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Godking Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Godking is found most in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Godking click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Godking? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,193,072nd most numerous last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Godking are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Godking is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Godking is most frequent in: Abia, where 75 percent are found and Ondo, where 25 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Ghana, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Goodking937/
Goedking933/
Odking921/
Hodking862/
Hodkings802/
Adking775/
Odkeng771/
Otking770/
Adkings715/
Adkingx711/
Otkeng6231/
Atking627/
Adkink620/
Adkinks571/
Hotching5310/
Hatkings530/
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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 Godking
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