Goodfriday Surname

2,333,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Goodfriday Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Goodfriday Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria591:3,002,42093,371
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Goodfriday (358) may also be a first name.

Goodfriday Last Name Facts

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

The last name Goodfriday is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Goodfriday? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,333,370th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Goodfriday reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Goodfriday is also the 460,276th most frequent given name in the world, borne by 358 people.

This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 3,002,420. In Nigeria Goodfriday is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 47 percent live, Delta, where 36 percent live and Rivers, where 14 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Goodfriday occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 7 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Godfriday951/
Godfrida892/
Godfridah843/
Gotfrida7812/
Godfreda785/
Godfridi782/
Goffrida781/
Godfredey741/
Gofredy711/
Goffreda6737/
Gotfridi6714/
Godfredi675/
Gotfride672/
Gauffridy6330/
Gottfride635/
Gottfriede602/
Gofredi592/
Goffredi56604/
Gaffreda561/
Ghosfredi531/

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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 Goodfriday
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