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The surname Godbold

A surname, carried by 1,600 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G314

Godbold: #17,572 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Godbold #17,572, 1,600 people Godbold: #17,572 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Godbold #17,572, 1,600 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Godbold is more common than 89.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,600 people named Godbold in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 192,966 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,500.

#17,572
rank among US surnames
1,600
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+6.7%
change since 2000 (was #17,363)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#17,565Herdman1,601192,845
#17,572Highley1,600192,966

Who is named Godbold

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

69% of people named Godbold identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 69%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 25%
  • Two or more races 2.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Godbold

Godbold has the Soundex code G314, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G314.

Questions

How common is the surname Godbold?
1,600 people in the United States had the surname Godbold in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,966 Americans. It ranked 17,572nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Godbold?
In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Godbold identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Godbold getting more or less common?
More common. 1,500 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,600 in 2010, up 6.7%.