Godwell Surname

1,527,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Australia

Godwell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Godwell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania581:912,78644,301
Australia391:692,19746,687
Nigeria211:8,435,369179,591
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Godwell (1,845) may also be a first name.

Godwell Last Name Facts

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

The last name Godwell is found most in Tanzania. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Godwell? popularity and diffusion

The last name Godwell is the 1,527,735th most common last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 65 percent of Godwell reside; 44 percent reside in East Africa and 44 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Godwell is also the 177,545th most commonly held given name world-wide It is held by 1,845 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 912,786. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mbeya Region, where 88 percent reside, Arusha Region, where 7 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania it is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 29 percent reside and Nigeria, where 15 percent reside.

Godwell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Godwell has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Godwell last name rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Goodwell931,380/
Godwel9227/
Godwll924/
Goidewell881/
Godwill865,445/
Godwyll861,608/
Goodwel86131/
Gadwell86114/
Godweel861/
Gotwell860/
Goodwll860/
Goodwill803,892/
Godwilll8010/
Godwille802/
Gosdwill801/
Goodwele800/
Godwil77311/
Goduel7710/
Godwyl771/
Godbel771/
Goodwille7519/
Goodwilld751/
Gedwill7173/
Gadwill7115/
Goodwil719/
Getwell714/
Gadbell711/
Gotwelt710/
Gatwell710/
Gottwill6716/
Gadwl671/
Gadwille670/
Gottwelt670/

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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 Godwell
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