Goodbury Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Goodbury Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Goodbury Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:1,354,18747,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Goodbury Last Name Facts

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

The surname Goodbury occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Goodbury? popularity and diffusion

The last name Goodbury is the 5,057,639th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Goodbury live; 60 percent live in Southern Africa and 60 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 6,019,745. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 89 percent live and Western Cape, where 11 percent live. Aside from South Africa Goodbury occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent live and Australia, where 13 percent live.

Goodbury Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Goodbury has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Goodbury surname increased 300 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 94 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Goodbury Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Goodbury earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 72.19% less than the national average, earning R 66,096 per year and in United States they earn 5.46% less than the national average, earning $40,792 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Godbury931/
Goodbure880/
Gadbury80542/
Oidbury804/
Gadboury757/
Gadburry754/
Goodbiere717/
Adbury711/
Hadbury671/
Adhburyy633/
Adbure571/
Gadouhoure561/

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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 Goodbury
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