Godsfrey Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Godsfrey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Godsfrey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria331:5,367,962136,856
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Godsfrey (25) may also be a first name.

Godsfrey Last Name Facts

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

Godsfrey is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Godsfrey? popularity and diffusion

Godsfrey is the 3,373,373rd most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name Godsfrey is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Godsfrey live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Godsfrey is also the 2,136,160th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 25 people.

The last name Godsfrey is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 85 percent are found, Abia, where 9 percent are found and Adamawa, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gosfrey933/
Godsfry931/
Godsfree8821/
Gasfrey800/
Goodsfreed780/
Gosfrad671/
Gotsfrid638/
Hotsfryd638/
Gotsfridt593/
Otchfre531/

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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 Godsfrey
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