# Godoy (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/godoy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,690 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,070 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 26,411 people |
| Change since 2000 | +41% (8,274 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Godoy, a habitational surname from Galician.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Godoy in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 6.7% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 89% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Godoy in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Brazil.

## People named Godoy

- Rosa Godoy, Argentine long-distance runner
- Benedicto Godoy Véizaga, Bolivian footballer
- Mónica Godoy, actress
- Caíque França, Brazilian association football player

## Similar surnames

Good, Goode, Goad, Goto, Goudy, Gowdy, Goody, Goda, Gaddy, Guido, Gott, Gaeta.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.