Goodlaw Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Goodlaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Goodlaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:21,321,114641,998
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:1,569,33483,036

Goodlaw (36) may also be a first name.

Goodlaw Last Name Facts

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

Goodlaw has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Goodlaw? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,649,889th most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Goodlaw are found; 94 percent are found in North America and 94 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Goodlaw is also the 1,717,090th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 36 people.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 21,321,114. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 59 percent reside, Alabama, where 12 percent reside and Arkansas, where 6 percent reside. Other than The United States it exists in one country. It is also common in India, where 6 percent reside.

Goodlaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Goodlaw has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Goodlaw surname fell 47 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Goodlaw Last Name Statistics demography

Goodlaw earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 28.18% less than the national average, earning $30,990 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Godlaw9238/
Goodlow861,551/
Goodleaf80223/
Goodlowe8043/
Goodllow801/
Godlow776/
Godlav771/
Godlaf770/
Goodlof7116/
Godlova7113/
Gudlawe711/
Goodeellow711/
Goddlow711/
Goodleaffe711/
Godlowe710/
Goodlov710/
Goodloff675/
Goodloof671/
Goodleib670/
Godłów6215/
Godłow624/
Gudlow623/
Godlov622/
Godlof621/
Godlob620/
Gadlow620/
Gadlova571/
Godleib570/
Godleif570/
Gaudlova531/
Godleift530/

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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 Goodlaw
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