Goodbehere Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Goodbehere Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Godber,' which perhaps is an abbreviation of Godbert. That the surname is taken from the cry 'God be here' is absurd. Of course the spelling has become imitative, which has itself helped to suggest such an origin.

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Goodbehere Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Goodbehere Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Godber,' which perhaps is an abbreviation of Godbert. That the surname is taken from the cry 'God be here' is absurd. Of course the spelling has become imitative, which has itself helped to suggest such an origin. Lower says, 'I have met with it as a surname in Sussex, temp. Henry III.'

John Godbehere. Close Rolls, 34 Henry VI.

1588. Baptised — John, son of Richard Godbhere: St. James, Clerkenwell.

Richard Godbeare, temp. Elizabeth: Calendar of Proceedings in Chancery, temp. Elizabeth I.

John Godbehere, 1628: St Mary Aldermary (London).

John Goodbeere, of Deane parish, Lancashire: Wills at Chester.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

I have met with it as a surname in Sussex, temp Hen. III. See under Goodbeer.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Godber, which is also a Derbyshire name, is evidently a contraction of Godbehere, of which there is an instance in the Notts Court Directory. Two centuries since there were two Notts freeholders, named Godbear and Godbar, in Warsopp and Arnold (Harl.). Godbehere was a Sussex surname in the reign of Henry III.

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy
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Goodbehere Last Name Facts

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

Goodbehere is found in New Zealand more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Goodbehere? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,213,395th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 100 percent of Goodbehere are found; 100 percent are found in Australasia and 100 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most commonly held in New Zealand, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 323,452. In New Zealand Goodbehere is mostly found in: Manawatu Wanganui Region, where 93 percent live and Hawke's Bay Region, where 7 percent live.

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