Godonu Surname

161,702nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,692 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ghana

Godonu Surname User-submission:

This name belongs to the Ewe speaking people of the Volta Region in Ghana, Southern Togo, Southern Benin Republic and the border town of Badagry in Lagos State, Nigeria. The name has three meaning depending on the tonation of its pronunciation.

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Godonu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,1971:80,6295,722
Ghana4851:55,7135,980
England61:9,286,343223,652
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Godonu (325) may also be a first name.

Godonu Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This name belongs to the Ewe speaking people of the Volta Region in Ghana, Southern Togo, Southern Benin Republic and the border town of Badagry in Lagos State, Nigeria. The name has three meaning depending on the tonation of its pronunciation. Ghanaians and Nigerians write it as Godonu whilst the Togolese and Beninois write Godonou.

The possible meanings are:

  1. What you see is what you get
  2. The world is a round place - all you have to do in life is the best
  3. Whatever clothes you have are what you will wear going out
- godonu

Godonu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Godonu has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Godonu.

How Common Is The Last Name Godonu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 161,702nd most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 2,707,112 people. Godonu is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Godonu live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 486,495th most frequent first name globally, borne by 325 people.

The surname Godonu is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,197 people, or 1 in 80,629. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 59 percent live, Ogun, where 38 percent live and Edo, where 1 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 18 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Godonou9221,259/
Goddonu922/
Godonnu922/
Godonuh921/
Godonus920/
Odonu9160/
Goudonou8619/
Godonnou864/
Godounou863/
Goddonou861/
Hodonu83919/
Odongu8379/
Gadonu8369/
Godunu8311/
Gudonu833/
Gedonu832/
Odonus831/
Godanu831/
Odonnu831/
Odonou831/
Odounu831/
Godenu830/
Goudounou804/
Hodonou7712,287/
Godenau7746/
Odongou7738/
Odonnou7729/
Gadonou7716/
Godonoo778/
Hodounu771/
Odonous771/
Odonneu771/
Uodonou771/
Odounou771/
Oduonou771/
Godanuh771/
Goodoungou751/
Adonu736,204/
Odanu7315/
Houdonou7147/
Hodonnou7110/
Goudanou715/
Hodhonou713/
Gahdonou711/
Gaudonou711/
Odoungou711/
Oudounou711/
Godaannu711/
Odanou671,266/
Adonou67963/
Hodanu67772/
Adongu67373/
Odhanu6790/
Gadonnaud6759/
Adonus6718/
Ngadounou6713/
Adonuh6710/
Gudanu675/
Adonnu675/
Gedenu674/
Adoonu674/
Aduonu673/
Gadanu672/
Adounu672/
Gedanu672/
Odangu671/
Gudunu671/
Gadunu671/
Odanuu671/
Hadonu671/
Adoneu671/
Goodenouh670/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Godonu
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