Goodway Surname

485,771st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 684 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Goodway Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Goodway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3461:161,03515,064
United States811:4,474,802235,715
Nigeria581:3,054,18594,504
Wales491:63,1545,613
South Africa461:1,177,77667,773
Australia391:692,19746,687
Israel191:450,40234,739
Isle of Man151:5,7211,243
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
France11:66,422,722504,397
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1961:124,36411,707
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

Goodway (114) may also be a first name.

Goodway Last Name Facts

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

Goodway is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Goodway? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 485,771st most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,654,307 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 62 percent of Goodway reside; 61 percent reside in Northern Europe and 61 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 877,214th most widely held forename internationally, held by 114 people.

The surname Goodway is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 346 people, or 1 in 161,035. In England Goodway is most numerous in: Oxfordshire, where 11 percent live, North Yorkshire, where 8 percent live and Gloucestershire, where 8 percent live. Aside from England this last name exists in 24 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent live and Nigeria, where 8 percent live.

Goodway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Goodway has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Goodway surname increased 177 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 270 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Goodway Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Goodway last name are 12.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.82% registered with the party.

The amount Goodway earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 13.75% more than the national average, earning R 270,324 per year and in United States they earn 15.35% less than the national average, earning $36,525 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Goodwaye931/
Godway925/
Goodbay860/
Godwa83387/
Godwy831/
Goodwach802/
Gadway77577/
Goodby77462/
Gotway77102/
Godbay7717/
Goodwi7710/
Godwey773/
Godwaz773/
Gudway771/
Godvay771/
Godwiy771/
Goodwe771/
Goddwa771/
Goodua770/
Goodboy71288/
Goodbey714/
Goodwih712/
Gadhway712/
Godhwad711/
Goudwai711/
Gudwaya711/
Goodbau710/
Goodwer710/
Goodwee710/
Goodwis710/
Godby672,822/
Godwe672,367/
Godba67524/
Gadwa67253/
Godua67132/
Gotwa6741/
Godva6729/
Goodwich6726/
Goodvach6724/
Godwi676/
Gudwa675/
Goodweed671/
Goodwiss671/
Godwatch671/
Godwasch671/
Goodwith670/

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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
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  • 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 Goodway
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