Goodyear Surname

53,710th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,499 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Goodyear Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Gudhir' or 'Gudvar' (Yonge, ii.' 73, 175). Englished to Godeyer. Goodyear is the favourite modern form, as was likely, being imitative. Another variant is Goodair, which see.

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Goodyear Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,0521:89,45210,063
England2,9191:19,0882,732
Canada1,6511:22,3173,053
Australia3161:85,4299,880
Thailand1211:583,78899,456
South Africa811:668,86148,796
New Zealand751:60,3789,390
Scotland581:92,3076,478
Wales341:91,0167,411
Switzerland261:315,88124,844
Guernsey221:2,929767
Papua New Guinea181:452,98457,838
Uganda151:2,602,61975,106
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Jersey81:12,4002,398
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
China31:455,773,85521,925
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
France21:33,211,361423,184
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,5821:15,4082,282
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1431:43,9365,095

Goodyear (101) may also be a first name.

Goodyear Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Gudhir' or 'Gudvar' (Yonge, ii.' 73, 175). Englished to Godeyer. Goodyear is the favourite modern form, as was likely, being imitative. Another variant is Goodair, which see.

Cest' Godyer, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John Godeyer, Close Rolls, 10 Richard II.

Willelmus Goddeyere, 1379 f Poll Tax of, Yorkshire.

Simon Godeycre, smyth, 1379: ibid.

Willelmus Godcyere, 1379: ibid.

1613. John Appleston and Susan Goodier: Marriage Lic. (London).

1626-7. Edward Burford and Anne Goodyeare: ibid.

The Liverpool Directory has Goodere.

1636. Thomas Goodere and Mary Bartlett: Marriage Lic. (London).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-French-Teut.) the French Godier, from the Continental-Teut. cognate of the Anglo-Saxon Godhere: v. Gooder [Old Saxon god = O.H.Ger. got = Old Norse goð = Gothic guð, God, a god + Old Saxon O.H.Ger. heri = Old Norse herr = Goth, harji-s, army] William Godier.—Parl. Writs.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

For Goodier, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

In Domesd. Godere and Goderus; in the H.R. Godyer. Goodman, or husband; still used in this sense in Devonshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

It is not difficult to derive these.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Another form of Woodyer, a woodman. This name has been corrupted to Goodair, Goodbeer, and Goodbehere.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Goodyear, which is now a Lincolnshire name, was represented 600 years ago by Godyer in the adjacent county of Hunts (H. R.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Goodyear Last Name Facts

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

The surname Goodyear (Arabic: يير) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Goodyear? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 53,710th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 767,191 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Goodyear are found; 57 percent are found in North America and 57 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Goodyear is also the 940,641st most frequently used first name globally, borne by 101 people.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 4,052 people, or 1 in 89,452. In The United States Goodyear is mostly found in: California, where 10 percent are found, Florida, where 6 percent are found and Ohio, where 6 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name exists in 47 countries. It also occurs in England, where 31 percent are found and Canada, where 17 percent are found.

Goodyear Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Goodyear has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Goodyear surname increased 355 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 185 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 5,800 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 3,400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Goodyear Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Goodyear surname are 23.18% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.95% being registered with the political party.

The amount Goodyear earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 69.6% more than the national average, earning R 403,032 per year; in United States they earn 5.76% more than the national average, earning $45,636 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.8% less than the national average, earning $46,802 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Godyear9319/
Oodyear931/
Goddyear881/
Goodyeor880/
Gudyear802/
Odayear801/
Odgear7150/
Odiear7115/
Odiyer711/
Odeear710/
Odaiyar6734/
Odiyaar671/
Odeajor671/

Goodyear Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Goodyear in the Arabic language
ييرyyr-

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Goodyear Reference & Research

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Goodyear DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

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