Godwood Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Godwood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Godwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England311:1,797,35772,927
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Godwood Last Name Facts

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

The last name Godwood is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Godwood? popularity and diffusion

The last name Godwood is the 3,543,123rd most frequent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Godwood live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

The last name Godwood is most commonly held in England, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 1,797,357. In England it is primarily found in: Devon, where 29 percent live, West Midlands, where 23 percent live and Cambridgeshire, where 16 percent live.

Godwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Godwood has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Godwood last name grew 182 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Goodwood9337/
Godwod9254/
Gadwood86134/
Gudwood861/
Hodwood860/
Gotwood860/
Godwo831/
Hoodwood801/
Godvod779/
Godwad778/
Adwood774/
Godbod772/
Gatwood71495/
Getwood7144/
Hotwood715/
Hadwood714/
Godboot713/
Godboud711/
Godhwad711/
Othwood711/
Ottwood710/
Goodwad710/
Godwa67387/
Goduo6756/
Gotwo674/
Adwod671/
Godbo671/
Gathwood671/
Gattwood670/
Gettwood670/
Gastwood670/

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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 Godwood
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