Godong Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Godong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Godong (87) may also be a first name.
Godong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Godong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Godong (Tibetan: མགོ་གདོང་།) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Godong? popularity and diffusion
The surname Godong is the 1,839,022nd most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 72,153,920 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of Godong live; 46 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,024,927th most widely held given name throughout the world, borne by 87 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria Godong is most frequent in: Plateau, where 98 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 29 percent reside and Cameroon, where 22 percent reside.
Godong Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Godong has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Godong last name expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Godong Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Godong in the Tibetan language | ||
| མགོ་གདོང་། | godong | - |
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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 Godong
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