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    The surname Godbee

    A surname, carried by 1,210 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G310

    Godbee: #21,568 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Godbee #21,568, 1,210 people Godbee: #21,568 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Godbee #21,568, 1,210 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Godbee is more common than 86.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,210 people named Godbee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 255,162 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,167.

    #21,568
    rank among US surnames
    1,210
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #20,995)

    Who is named Godbee

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    73% of people named Godbee identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 73%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 24%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Godbee

    Godbee has the Soundex code G310, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G310.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Godbee?
    1,210 people in the United States had the surname Godbee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 255,162 Americans. It ranked 21,568th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Godbee?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Godbee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Godbee getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,167 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,210 in 2010, up 3.7%.