Godden Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 1
Buckinghamshire 4
Berkshire 37
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 9
Cheshire 8
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 5
Devon 4
Dorset 115
Durham 10
Essex 83
Gloucestershire 3
Hampshire 241
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 8
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 1
Kent 767
Lancashire 7
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 307
Middlesex 10
Northumberland 7
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 5
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 3
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 32
Somerset 33
Surrey 50
Sussex 182
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 4
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 87
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 23

Wales

Anglesey 2
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Godden Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Godden family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 419
Agricultural Labourer 102
General Labourer 35
Labourer 29
Domestic Servant 22
Dress Maker 21
Laundress 18
General Servant 18
Carpenter 12
Annuitant 12
Farm Labourer 12
Housemaid 10
General Servant Domestic 10
Charwoman 9
General Domestic Servant 8
House Keeper 8
No Occupation 8
Servant 8
Gardener 8
Joiner 7
Butcher 7
Milliner 6
Tailoress 6
Housemaid Domestic Servant 6
Brickfield Labourer 5

Most Frequent Forenames for Godden

Name Census Frequency
William Godden 1,049
Mary Godden 816
John Godden 726
Elizabeth Godden 650
George Godden 649
James Godden 579
Sarah Godden 481
Charles Godden 426
Henry Godden 415
Thomas Godden 394
Jane Godden 360
Ann Godden 299
Edward Godden 287
Emily Godden 252
Eliza Godden 228
Alfred Godden 224
Alice Godden 224
Ellen Godden 221
Frederick Godden 209
Emma Godden 200
Richard Godden 193
Annie Godden 184
Joseph Godden 171
Albert Godden 170
Frank Godden 161

Godden Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Godden 100% 16,080
2 Gooden 83% 3,991
3 Gidden 83% 922
4 Goddin 83% 839
5 Goodden 86% 527
6 Goddon 83% 379
7 Goodon 67% 379
8 Goden 83% 312
9 Gadden 83% 260
10 Goddan 83% 178
11 Giddon 67% 109
12 Godon 67% 101

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The surname Godden is the most popular version of all its varients

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