Godreau Surname

320,056th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Puerto Rico

Godreau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Godreau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France5871:113,15616,948
Canada2571:143,36814,728
United States2281:1,589,732106,920
Puerto Rico561:63,3951,281
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States311:1,619,95885,073

Godreau Last Name Facts

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

The surname Godreau occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Godreau? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 320,056th most frequent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 6,239,337 people. The last name Godreau occurs predominantly in Europe, where 50 percent of Godreau reside; 50 percent reside in Western Europe and 50 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in France, where it is carried by 587 people, or 1 in 113,156. In France it is most common in: Pays de la Loire, where 56 percent are found, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 30 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 6 percent are found. Other than France this surname exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 20 percent are found.

Godreau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Godreau has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Godreau surname increased 735 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Godreau Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Godreau surname are 4.46% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.69% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Godreau earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 14.11% more than the national average, earning $49,237 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.03% less than the national average, earning $48,179 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Goudreau934,421/
Godrea923/
Goudrea861/
Goodrea861/
Goodreay801/
Godrya771/
Godria771/
Goudria711/
Godriye711/
Goudrias6719/
Goodrius671/
Gadrya6243/
Gadria6228/
Gadriye5734/
Ngadria574/
Gadriah572/
Gadhria571/
Gadriyya531/

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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 Godreau
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