Godány Surname

1,009,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 252 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Godány Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Godány Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary1601:61,3526,374
Slovakia911:58,64211,313
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Gódány (117) & Godany (39) are calculated separately.

Godány Last Name Facts

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

Godány has its highest incidence in Hungary. It may also occur as: Gódány or Godany. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Godány? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,009,375th most frequently used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 28,918,833 people. The last name Godány occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Godány live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 63 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.

The surname Godány is most frequent in Hungary, where it is borne by 160 people, or 1 in 61,352. In Hungary Godány is most frequent in: Pest County, where 53 percent live, Fejér County, where 14 percent live and Budapest, where 12 percent live. Barring Hungary this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 36 percent live and Austria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gódány94117/
Godany9439/
Godányi9219/
Godony8312/
Hodány838/
Godáné831/
Gadányi77275/
Godaniy7711/
Goidany7710/
Godanyi773/
Ghodany771/
Godanyo771/
Ádány73195/
Odany73146/
Odony7370/
Godhaniy716,109/
Godhanay7132/
Godhoniy711/
Godana6724,014/
Godhainay671,829/
Godani671,526/
Godane671,350/
Godone67230/
Adányi6749/
Godoni6740/
Odonyo6739/
Godanj6736/
Gadany6735/
Odanyi6718/
Hodany6716/
Odonyi676/
Odeany671/
Gudany671/
Godona671/
Goudganyi671/
Odainy671/
Hodony671/
Oidony671/
Odeuny670/

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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 Godány
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