Godo Surname
Approximately 11,670 people bear this surname
Godo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 2,459 | 1:7,463 | 761 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,259 | 1:18,325 | 1,401 |
| DR Congo | 1,245 | 1:59,341 | 7,086 |
| Nigeria | 1,054 | 1:168,067 | 10,446 |
| Benin | 831 | 1:12,438 | 1,688 |
| Togo | 735 | 1:9,861 | 2,446 |
| Zimbabwe | 682 | 1:22,637 | 3,411 |
| South Africa | 458 | 1:118,292 | 14,071 |
| United States | 293 | 1:1,237,061 | 87,515 |
| Peru | 278 | 1:114,331 | 6,859 |
| Spain | 250 | 1:187,008 | 13,054 |
| France | 233 | 1:285,076 | 43,747 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Japan | 212 | 1:603,039 | 15,894 |
| Kenya | 164 | 1:281,585 | 18,349 |
| Pakistan | 159 | 1:1,123,546 | 13,856 |
| Indonesia | 158 | 1:837,020 | 63,356 |
| Brazil | 151 | 1:1,417,711 | 47,804 |
| Germany | 145 | 1:555,210 | 45,787 |
| Albania | 106 | 1:27,491 | 4,397 |
| Romania | 53 | 1:378,828 | 31,692 |
| Niger | 52 | 1:369,077 | 10,509 |
| Canada | 47 | 1:783,949 | 61,790 |
| Argentina | 43 | 1:994,033 | 62,207 |
| India | 34 | 1:22,560,747 | 316,052 |
| Uganda | 29 | 1:1,346,182 | 51,611 |
| England | 28 | 1:1,989,931 | 78,001 |
| Hungary | 28 | 1:350,581 | 25,143 |
| Mexico | 26 | 1:4,774,085 | 28,474 |
| Liberia | 21 | 1:209,930 | 13,691 |
| Taiwan | 20 | 1:1,172,237 | 8,044 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Andorra | 15 | 1:5,589 | 1,076 |
| Congo | 13 | 1:383,777 | 9,863 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Serbia | 10 | 1:714,495 | 24,752 |
| Slovakia | 10 | 1:533,645 | 60,629 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Chile | 7 | 1:2,516,639 | 33,195 |
| Bulgaria | 7 | 1:996,986 | 34,534 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| Cuba | 6 | 1:1,920,453 | 8,345 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
The alternate forms: Godó (1,565), Godô (2) & Gôdo (1) are calculated separately.
Godo (3,949) may also be a first name.
Godo Demographics
Godo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Godo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Godo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Godo (Hindi: गोदो, Marathi: गोडो, Russian: Годо, Tibetan: སྒོ་རྡོ།) is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Godó, Godô or Gôdo. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Godo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 44,505th most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 624,468 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Godo live; 52 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Godo is also the 111,318th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 3,949 people.
Godo is most numerous in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 2,459 people, or 1 in 7,463. In Burkina Faso it is most frequent in: Centre-Nord Region, where 78 percent live, Centre Region, where 9 percent live and Est Region, where 4 percent live. Aside from Burkina Faso this surname exists in 74 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 11 percent live and The DR Congo, where 11 percent live.
Godo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Godo has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 2,442 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Godo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Muslim (60%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Godo last name are 39.63% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 92.86% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Godo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 71.71% more than the national average, earning S/. 33,286 per year; in South Africa they earn 23.79% less than the national average, earning R 181,104 per year; in Colombia they earn 117.74% more than the national average, earning $49,431,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.12% less than the national average, earning $40,941 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.28% more than the national average, earning $57,773 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Godo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Godo in the Hindi language | ||
| गोदो | godo | 79.07 |
| गोडो | godo | 18.6 |
| गोड़ो | goro | 2.33 |
| Godo in the Marathi language | ||
| गोडो | godo | 75 |
| गोदो | godo | 25 |
| Godo in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྒོ་རྡོ། | godo | 50 |
| སྒོ་རྡོ་ | godo | 50 |
| Godo in the Russian language | ||
| Годо | godo | - |
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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 Godo
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