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 surname Godwine is found most in Tanzania. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Godwine? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 250,395th most common surname internationally, held by around 1 in 4,600,723 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Godwine reside; 84 percent reside in East Africa and 83 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Godwine is also the 119,597th most frequently used given name world-wide, held by 3,519 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,318 people, or 1 in 40,168. In Tanzania Godwine is most prevalent in: Kagera Region, where 75 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 8 percent live and Shinyanga Region, where 8 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 16 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
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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