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 0
Buckinghamshire 10
Berkshire 61
Cambridgeshire 10
Channel Islands 8
Cheshire 9
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 5
Devon 5
Dorset 122
Durham 6
Essex 110
Gloucestershire 17
Hampshire 305
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 21
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 0
Kent 999
Lancashire 33
Leicestershire 10
Lincolnshire 7
London 446
Middlesex 163
Northumberland 5
Norfolk 10
Northamptonshire 8
Nottinghamshire 8
Oxfordshire 16
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 2
Suffolk 30
Somerset 31
Surrey 140
Sussex 312
Staffordshire 15
Warwickshire 27
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 98
Worcestershire 6
Yorkshire 42

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 5
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 29
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 19
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Godden Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Godden family

Profession Census Frequency
School 363
Farm Labourer 46
General Labourer 37
General Servant (domestic) 24
Private Means 23
None 18
Labourer 17
Dressmaker 16
Domestic Servant 15
Carpenter 13
Laundress 13
Bricklayer 12
General Servant Domestic 12
Farmer 11
House Painter 10
Scholar 10
Cook (domestic) 10
Gardener Domestic 10
Assisting In The Business 9
Butcher 9
Waggoner On Farm 9
House Keeper 8
Domestic 8
Housekeeper 8
At School 8

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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