Godknows Surname

220,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,849 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Godknows Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Godknows Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,8381:96,3786,602
Botswana41:546,73222,624
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Godknows (9,753) may also be a first name.

Godknows Last Name Facts

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

The last name Godknows is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Godknows? popularity and diffusion

Godknows is the 220,856th most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 3,941,344 people. The last name Godknows occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Godknows are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Godknows is also the 62,302nd most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 9,753 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,838 people, or 1 in 96,378. In Nigeria Godknows is most frequent in: Rivers, where 53 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 39 percent reside and Lagos, where 1 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 0 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
God-Knows948/
Goodknows942/
Goduknows941/
God Knows941/
Godkenows941/
Godknowes941/
Godkowns885/
Godkonws881/
Godkins8026/
Godknows Eyo801/
Godkwons754/
Goodkins750/
Gudkins673/
Gadkins670/
Gotkins670/

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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 Godknows
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