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
The last name Goodness occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Goodness.
How Common Is The Last Name Goodness? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 236,109th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 4,279,240 people. The surname Goodness occurs mostly 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 common given name worldwide, borne by 76,775 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 892 people, or 1 in 198,591. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Rivers, where 23 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 11 percent reside and Lagos, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Goodness is found in 26 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 39 percent reside and Cameroon, where 5 percent reside.
Goodness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Goodness has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Goodness last name expanded 548 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Goodness Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Goodness surname are 15.25% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national 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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