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    The surname Godley

    An English place surname, carried by 2,515 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G340

    Godley: #12,362 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Godley #12,362, 2,515 people Godley: #12,362 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Godley #12,362, 2,515 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Godley is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From the Old English byname Gōda + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

    Godley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,515 people named Godley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,762 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,495.

    #12,362
    rank among US surnames
    2,515
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.8%
    change since 2000 (was #11,557)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,357Desrochers2,516122,713
    #12,362Bart2,515122,762
    #12,370Mikel2,514122,810

    Who is named Godley

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

    63% of people named Godley identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 63%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 32%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Godleys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Alexander Godley
      British Army general (1867–1957)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Godlee
    • Goodleigh

    Surnames that sound like Godley

    Godley has the Soundex code G340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G340.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Godley come from?
    From the Old English byname Gōda + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
    How common is the surname Godley?
    2,515 people in the United States had the surname Godley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,762 Americans. It ranked 12,362nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Godley?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Godley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Godley?
    Alexander Godley, British Army general (1867–1957).
    Where is the surname Godley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Godley in the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Godley?
    Godley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Godley getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,495 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,515 in 2010, up 0.8%.
    What are other spellings of Godley?
    Godlee and Goodleigh.