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 most common in Cameroon. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Godom.
How Common Is The Last Name Godom? popularity and diffusion
The last name Godom is the 450,743rd most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 9,665,180 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Godom reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 187,093rd most widespread forename worldwide, held by 1,690 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 715 people, or 1 in 29,048. In Cameroon Godom is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 86 percent reside, North Region, where 8 percent reside and Centre Region, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon it exists in 8 countries. It is also common 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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