Godwell Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Godwell Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 58 | 1:912,786 | 44,301 |
| Australia | 39 | 1:692,197 | 46,687 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwell | 93 | 1,380 | / |
| Godwel | 92 | 27 | / |
| Godwll | 92 | 4 | / |
| Goidewell | 88 | 1 | / |
| Godwill | 86 | 5,445 | / |
| Godwyll | 86 | 1,608 | / |
| Goodwel | 86 | 131 | / |
| Gadwell | 86 | 114 | / |
| Godweel | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gotwell | 86 | 0 | / |
| Goodwll | 86 | 0 | / |
| Goodwill | 80 | 3,892 | / |
| Godwilll | 80 | 10 | / |
| Godwille | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gosdwill | 80 | 1 | / |
| Goodwele | 80 | 0 | / |
| Godwil | 77 | 311 | / |
| Goduel | 77 | 10 | / |
| Godwyl | 77 | 1 | / |
| Godbel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Goodwille | 75 | 19 | / |
| Goodwilld | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gedwill | 71 | 73 | / |
| Gadwill | 71 | 15 | / |
| Goodwil | 71 | 9 | / |
| Getwell | 71 | 4 | / |
| Gadbell | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gotwelt | 71 | 0 | / |
| Gatwell | 71 | 0 | / |
| Gottwill | 67 | 16 | / |
| Gadwl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gadwille | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gottwelt | 67 | 0 | / |
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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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