Godswil Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Godswil Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 81 | 1:2,186,948 | 74,923 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Godswil (463) may also be a first name.
Godswil Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Godswil Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Godswil is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Godswil? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,075,631st most frequently occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. Godswil occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Godswil are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Godswil is also the 396,209th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 463 people.
The surname Godswil is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 81 people, or 1 in 2,186,948. In Nigeria Godswil is most frequent in: Rivers, where 40 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 21 percent reside and Abia, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Godswil
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