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    The surname Godbey

    A surname, carried by 2,379 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G310

    Godbey: #12,921 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Godbey #12,921, 2,379 people Godbey: #12,921 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Godbey #12,921, 2,379 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Godbey is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,379 people named Godbey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,780 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,312.

    #12,921
    rank among US surnames
    2,379
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #12,330)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,914Bartsch2,381129,671
    #12,916Davids2,380129,725
    #12,921Godbey2,379129,780
    #12,927Riggleman2,378129,834
    #12,929Hause2,377129,889

    Who is named Godbey

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

    95% of people named Godbey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Godbey

    Godbey 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 Godbey?
    2,379 people in the United States had the surname Godbey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,780 Americans. It ranked 12,921st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Godbey?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Godbey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Godbey getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,312 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,379 in 2010, up 2.9%.