Godswell Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Godswell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Godswell Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria171:10,420,162203,261
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Godswell (48) may also be a first name.

Godswell Last Name Facts

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

The surname Godswell is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Godswell? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,532,898th most commonly held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Godswell occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Godswell reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Godswell is also the 1,448,253rd most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 48 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Godswell is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 65 percent live, Abia, where 24 percent live and Bayelsa, where 6 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Godsweill941/
Godswll931/
Godswill883,704/
Goodswill829/
God'swill823/
Godswilll822/
Godswil8082/
Gadsbøll6332/
Gutsweld631/
Gatchwell590/

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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 Godswell
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