Godsey Surname
Approximately 8,229 people bear this surname
Godsey Surname User-submission:
The surname Godsey means 'sent by god'.
Godsey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,205 | 1:50,307 | 6,074 |
| Israel | 1,003 | 1:8,532 | 1,336 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 680 | 1:73,851 | 7,909 |
Godsey (21) may also be a first name.
Godsey Surname Meaning
Godsey Demographics
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Godsey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Godsey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Godsey is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Godsey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 61,107th most common family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 885,593 people. The surname Godsey occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Godsey reside; 87 percent reside in North America and 87 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 21 people.
The last name Godsey is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 7,205 people, or 1 in 50,307. In The United States Godsey is most numerous in: Tennessee, where 11 percent are found, Texas, where 8 percent are found and Virginia, where 8 percent are found. Excluding The United States it occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 12 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.
Godsey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Godsey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Godsey last name expanded 1,060 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Godsey Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Godsey last name are 17.24% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.01% registered with the political party.
Godsey earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.06% less than the national average, earning $40,534 USD per year.
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Godsey Reference & Research
Godfrey DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Godfrey FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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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 Godsey
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