Godwish Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Godwish Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Godwish (115) may also be a first name.
Godwish Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Godwish Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Godwish has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Godwish? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most common surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Godwish reside; 63 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 873,022nd most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 115 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania it is most common in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 100 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent are found and Nigeria, where 13 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Godwish
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