Godom Surname
Approximately 754 people bear this surname
Godom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 715 | 1:29,048 | 3,917 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Godom (1,690) may also be a first name.
Godom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Godom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Godom (Russian: Годом, Tibetan: སྒོང་དོམ།) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Godom? popularity and diffusion
The last name Godom is the 450,743rd most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 9,665,180 people. The last name Godom occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Godom are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 187,093rd most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 1,690 people.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 715 people, or 1 in 29,048. In Cameroon Godom is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 86 percent reside, North Region, where 8 percent reside and Centre Region, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 1 percent reside and Malaysia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Godom Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Godom in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྒོང་དོམ། | gongdom | - |
| Godom in the Russian language | ||
| Годом | godom | - |
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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 Godom
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