Godwine Surname
Approximately 1,584 people bear this surname
Godwine Surname Definition:
(English and Scandinavian) God-Friend [Old Englishgod=O.N. goð, God, a god + Old English wine = Old Norse vin-r, a friend] Godwine was especially common in England in the 10th and 11th centuries.
King Harold called one of his sons Godwine after his famous father.
Read More About This SurnameGodwine Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,318 | 1:40,168 | 4,599 |
| Nigeria | 249 | 1:711,417 | 32,711 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Godwine (3,519) may also be a first name.
Godwine Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English and Scandinavian) God-Friend [Old Englishgod=O.N. goð, God, a god + Old English wine = Old Norse vin-r, a friend] Godwine was especially common in England in the 10th and 11th centuries.
King Harold called one of his sons Godwine after his famous father.
Godwine Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Godwine Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Godwine is most common in Tanzania. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Godwine? popularity and diffusion
Godwine is the 250,395th most frequently used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,600,723 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Godwine live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Godwine is also the 119,597th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 3,519 people.
This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,318 people, or 1 in 40,168. In Tanzania Godwine is mostly concentrated in: Kagera Region, where 75 percent reside, Mwanza Region, where 8 percent reside and Shinyanga Region, where 8 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 16 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwine | 93 | 1,327 | / |
| Godwin | 92 | 294,368 | / |
| Goodwinie | 88 | 2 | / |
| Goodwinet | 88 | 0 | / |
| Goodwin | 86 | 151,126 | / |
| Godwini | 86 | 1,048 | / |
| Goddwin | 86 | 35 | / |
| Godwinn | 86 | 27 | / |
| Godwane | 86 | 17 | / |
| Ggodwin | 86 | 2 | / |
| Gotdwin | 86 | 2 | / |
| Godwyne | 86 | 2 | / |
| Godwein | 86 | 2 | / |
| Godwhin | 86 | 2 | / |
| Hgodwin | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ghodwin | 86 | 1 | / |
| Godwiny | 86 | 1 | / |
| Goduine | 86 | 1 | / |
| Goodwyne | 80 | 147 | / |
| Goodvine | 80 | 49 | / |
| Goodwinn | 80 | 29 | / |
| Goodwein | 80 | 24 | / |
| Gootwine | 80 | 6 | / |
| Gooddwin | 80 | 6 | / |
| Goodwiny | 80 | 2 | / |
| Goodwuin | 80 | 1 | / |
| Godwinhi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Godweing | 80 | 1 | / |
| Godwinio | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngodwene | 80 | 1 | / |
| Goodwain | 80 | 1 | / |
| Goodbine | 80 | 0 | / |
| Goodwane | 80 | 0 | / |
| Goodwhin | 80 | 0 | / |
| Godvin | 77 | 237 | / |
| Godwyn | 77 | 154 | / |
| Godwen | 77 | 54 | / |
| Gadwin | 77 | 5 | / |
| Godwın | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gotwisner | 75 | 5 | / |
| Goodwhyne | 75 | 1 | / |
| Goodwener | 75 | 0 | / |
| Goodwyn | 71 | 2,189 | / |
| Goodvin | 71 | 376 | / |
| Gudwini | 71 | 13 | / |
| Goodwen | 71 | 7 | / |
| Godvane | 71 | 5 | / |
| Godween | 71 | 5 | / |
| Gadvine | 71 | 4 | / |
| Godwena | 71 | 2 | / |
| Goudvin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Godweni | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gutwine | 71 | 1 | / |
| Goddwyn | 71 | 1 | / |
| Goddvin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gadwane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gotwein | 71 | 0 | / |
| Gottwein | 67 | 83 | / |
| Goodvinn | 67 | 30 | / |
| Goodwynn | 67 | 19 | / |
| Goodweni | 67 | 14 | / |
| Ghodbene | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ghodvind | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kgotwane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goodvina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Godhweni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goodween | 67 | 0 | / |
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