Goodluck Surname

16,857th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32,940 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Goodluck Surname Definition:

The Anglo-Saxon personal name Guthlac. Goodluck's Close at Norwich was formerly Guthlac's Close. Ferg.

Goodluck Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria25,2821:7,007833
Tanzania5,4321:9,7461,268
Ghana8311:32,5163,831
United States3761:963,98771,704
Australia1821:148,32815,783
Uganda1531:255,15918,845
Liberia1501:29,3902,840
Guyana1401:5,444956
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines841:1,341291
England771:723,61140,488
Kenya371:1,248,10535,192
Scotland201:267,69112,985
India191:40,371,862445,856
Trinidad and Tobago171:80,2345,870
Russia151:9,608,204322,587
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
United Arab Emirates101:916,22736,116
Senegal91:1,619,9274,107
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Estonia81:165,22626,217
France41:16,605,680368,153
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
China31:455,773,85521,925
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Barbados21:143,7241,981
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Goodluck (98,923) may also be a first name.

Goodluck Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

The Anglo-Saxon personal name Guthlac. Goodluck's Close at Norwich was formerly Guthlac's Close. Ferg.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Goodluck Last Name Facts

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

The last name Goodluck occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Goodluck? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 16,857th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 221,237 people. Goodluck occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Goodluck live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 10,300th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 98,923 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 25,282 people, or 1 in 7,007. In Nigeria Goodluck is mostly concentrated in: Kano, where 43 percent live, Rivers, where 13 percent live and Delta, where 7 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 54 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 16 percent live and Ghana, where 3 percent live.

Goodluck Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Goodluck has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Goodluck surname expanded 2,350 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 350 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Goodluck Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Goodluck last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

In The United States Goodluck are 11.93% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.7% registered with the political party.

Goodluck earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.78% less than the national average, earning $37,635 USD per year.

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Goodluck
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