Godya Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Godya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 47 | 1:3,768,995 | 108,818 |
| India | 45 | 1:17,045,897 | 267,282 |
| Russia | 38 | 1:3,792,712 | 188,390 |
| Moldova | 15 | 1:237,425 | 21,121 |
| Transnistria | 3 | 1:158,233 | 13,093 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Godya (296) may also be a first name.
Godya Demographics
Godya Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Godya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Godya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Godya (Hindi: गोड्या, Marathi: गोदया, Russian: Годя) is found most in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Godya? popularity and diffusion
Godya is the 1,409,418th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 36 percent of Godya live; 32 percent live in West Africa and 31 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 512,632nd most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 296 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 3,768,995. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Gombe, where 68 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 19 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 6 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in India, where 29 percent are found and Russia, where 25 percent are found.
Godya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Godya surname is principally Christian (93%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
Phonetically Similar Names
Godya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Godya in the Marathi language | ||
| गोदया | godaya | 83.1 |
| गोडया | godaya | 14.08 |
| गोडीया | godiya | 2.82 |
| Godya in the Hindi language | ||
| गोड्या | godya | 58.33 |
| गोद्या | godya | 41.67 |
| Godya in the Russian language | ||
| Годя | goda | - |
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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
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- 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 Godya
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