Goodness Surname
Approximately 1,703 people bear this surname
Goodness Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 892 | 1:198,591 | 11,916 |
| United States | 657 | 1:551,688 | 45,595 |
| Cameroon | 82 | 1:253,281 | 24,740 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 120 | 1:418,489 | 30,805 |
Goodness (76,775) may also be a first name.
Goodness Demographics
Average Male Goodness Height
180.28 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Goodness Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goodness Come From? nationality or country of origin
Goodness is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Goodness? popularity and diffusion
It is the 236,109th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 4,279,240 people. The surname Goodness occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Goodness are found; 52 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Goodness is also the 12,818th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 76,775 people.
Goodness is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 892 people, or 1 in 198,591. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 23 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 11 percent reside and Lagos, where 9 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 26 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 39 percent reside and Cameroon, where 5 percent reside.
Goodness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Goodness has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Goodness surname increased 548 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Goodness Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Goodness surname are 15.25% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 68.48% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Goodness earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 95.74% less than the national average, earning R 10,128 per year and in United States they earn 2.35% more than the national average, earning $44,162 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngoodness | 94 | 1 | / |
| Goodnesss | 94 | 1 | / |
| Goodnesse | 94 | 0 | / |
| Godness | 93 | 22 | / |
| Goodnes | 93 | 9 | / |
| Goodniss | 88 | 17 | / |
| Godøness | 88 | 4 | / |
| Odness | 86 | 41 | / |
| Godnes | 86 | 8 | / |
| Goodne | 86 | 3 | / |
| Goodner | 80 | 2,481 | / |
| Goodney | 80 | 320 | / |
| Gadness | 80 | 17 | / |
| Godønes | 80 | 8 | / |
| Goodnie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gudness | 80 | 1 | / |
| Goodnis | 80 | 1 | / |
| Godne | 77 | 115 | / |
| Odnes | 77 | 42 | / |
| Goodniez | 75 | 1 | / |
| Goodenne | 75 | 0 | / |
| Godnez | 71 | 332 | / |
| Godney | 71 | 92 | / |
| Godner | 71 | 31 | / |
| Goudne | 71 | 20 | / |
| Godhne | 71 | 14 | / |
| Oddnes | 71 | 9 | / |
| Adness | 71 | 7 | / |
| Godnis | 71 | 3 | / |
| Goodny | 71 | 2 | / |
| Godnge | 71 | 2 | / |
| Goodna | 71 | 2 | / |
| Godnex | 71 | 1 | / |
| Godnee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Odneus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Goodnisht | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngodne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Goodni | 71 | 1 | / |
| Goodnecht | 71 | 0 | / |
| Godenne | 67 | 152 | / |
| Godinne | 67 | 13 | / |
| Godìnez | 67 | 9 | / |
| Godniez | 67 | 5 | / |
| Adnesse | 67 | 3 | / |
| Goodniy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goudney | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goddner | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goddnie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hodnets | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gosdner | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Goodness
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