Godwill Surname

88,232nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,445 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Godwill Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Godwill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5,2111:33,9942,789
Cameroon1161:179,04418,906
Australia321:843,61652,533
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Tanzania111:4,812,87455,358
Gambia91:213,717372
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Senegal51:2,915,8685,479
Botswana41:546,73222,624
England41:13,929,515290,718
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Godwill (16,897) may also be a first name.

Godwill Last Name Facts

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

The surname Godwill is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Godwill? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 88,232nd most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,338,392 people. The last name Godwill occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Godwill live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 42,702nd most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 16,897 people.

This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5,211 people, or 1 in 33,994. In Nigeria Godwill is most common in: Rivers, where 33 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 28 percent reside and Abia, where 10 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 26 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.

Godwill Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Godwill earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 75.57% less than the national average, earning $10,542 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Goodwill933,892/
Godwilll9310/
Godwille932/
Gosdwill931/
Godwil92311/
Godwll924/
Goodwille8819/
Goodwilld881/
Godwyll861,608/
Godwell86136/
Gedwill8673/
Gadwill8615/
Goodwil869/
Goodwll860/
Goodwell801,380/
Gottwill8016/
Gadwille800/
Godwel7727/
Godbil773/
Godwyl771/
Goidewell751/
Goodwel71131/
Gadwell71114/
Gutwill7176/
Godweel711/
Gotwell710/
Gotwild710/
Gadwl671/
Goodwele670/

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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
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  • 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 Godwill
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